Latest / Beyond The Horizon / Murder In Moscow: Moscow Police Update The Case On December 5th 2022

Transcript

Murder In Moscow: Moscow Police Update The Case On December 5th 2022 · Beyond The Horizon

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: What's up, everyone, and welcome back to the program. Yesterday,
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: December fifth, the Moscow Police Department put out a press release.
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: So I've decided that every time they put out a
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: press release, what we're going to do is add it
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: to the catalog. I'll read the press release here so
• 0:19
  Speaker 1: that everybody is up to date with what the investigation
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: is saying. That way, we're not just hearing from the
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: family or people who might be watching the case from
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: AFAR who are experts in forensics or whatever. We'll have
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: the actual statements right from the police department, right from
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: the investigators added as well. That way we can bounce
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: around from all of the expert opinion and bounce that
• 0:45
  Speaker 1: off what the police have already stated as what they
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: say is fact in the case. So with that said,
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: let's just jump right in and let's read this press
• 0:55
  Speaker 1: release from the Moscow Police Department Moscow Homicide Update. The
• 1:02
  Speaker 1: Moscow Police Department is providing the following information to update
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: the public on the known facts surrounding the four murders
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: that occurred on November thirteenth in Moscow, Idaho. Updated information.
• 1:16
  Speaker 1: There have been statements in speculation about this case. Victim injuries,
• 1:20
  Speaker 1: cause of death, evidence collection and processing, and investigative techniques
• 1:26
  Speaker 1: with the active criminal investigation. Law enforcement has not released
• 1:30
  Speaker 1: additional facts to the family or the public. We recognize
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: the frustration this causes and that speculation proliferates in the
• 1:38
  Speaker 1: absence of facts. However, we firmly believe speculation and unvetted
• 1:44
  Speaker 1: information is a disservice to the victims, their families, and
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: our community. The Moscow Police Department is committed to providing
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: information whenever possible, but not at the expense of compromising
• 1:56
  Speaker 1: the investigation and prosecution. Bullet Point number two Detectives continue
• 2:03
  Speaker 1: investigating what occurred from approximately nine pm on November twelfth
• 2:08
  Speaker 1: to one forty five am on November thirteenth, when Ethan
• 2:11
  Speaker 1: Chapin and Xana Kernodle were believed to be at the
• 2:14
  Speaker 1: Sigma Kai House on the University of Idaho campus at
• 2:18
  Speaker 1: seven three five nez Percy Drive. Any interactions, contacts, direction
• 2:24
  Speaker 1: and method of travel, or anything abnormal could add context
• 2:28
  Speaker 1: to what occurred. Bullet Point number three Detectives continue processing
• 2:34
  Speaker 1: and working through more than two thousand, six hundred and
• 2:37
  Speaker 1: forty five email tips, two thousand, seven hundred and seventy
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: phone tips and one thousand eighty four digital media submissions.
• 2:46
  Speaker 1: We believe someone has information that will add context to
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: the picture investigators are trying to create of what occurred
• 2:53
  Speaker 1: that evening. Our focus is the investigation, not the activities.
• 2:57
  Speaker 1: Your information, whether you believe it's significant or or not,
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: might be one of the puzzle pieces that helped solve
• 3:03
  Speaker 1: these murders. Bullet point number four. Using tips and leads,
• 3:09
  Speaker 1: investigators have identified an incident involving Kaylee at a local business,
• 3:14
  Speaker 1: which may have been the stalker reference she made to
• 3:16
  Speaker 1: friends and family. In mid October, two males were seen
• 3:20
  Speaker 1: inside a local business. They parted ways, and one mail
• 3:24
  Speaker 1: appeared to follow Kayley inside the business as she exited
• 3:27
  Speaker 1: to walk toward her car. The mail turned away and
• 3:31
  Speaker 1: did not appear to make any contact with her. Detectives
• 3:35
  Speaker 1: contacted both males and learned that the two were attempting
• 3:37
  Speaker 1: to meet women at the business. This was corroborated through
• 3:41
  Speaker 1: additional investigation. Based on available information, detectives believe it was
• 3:46
  Speaker 1: an isolated incident and not an ongoing pattern of stalking.
• 3:50
  Speaker 1: No evidence suggests that two mails were involved in the murders.
• 3:54
  Speaker 1: Investigators continue looking into information about Kaylee having a stalker.
• 3:59
  Speaker 1: Information about a potential stalker or unusual occurrences should go
• 4:04
  Speaker 1: through the tip line bullet point number five. There have
• 4:11
  Speaker 1: been numerous requests about the dog found that the residence.
• 4:14
  Speaker 1: On the morning of the thirteenth, arriving officers entered the
• 4:18
  Speaker 1: residence and found the deceased victims. During the search of
• 4:22
  Speaker 1: the home, a dog was found in a room where
• 4:24
  Speaker 1: the crimes had not been committed. Officers did not find
• 4:28
  Speaker 1: any evidence on the dog, and there was no indication
• 4:31
  Speaker 1: the animal had entered the crime scene. The dog was
• 4:33
  Speaker 1: taken to animal services and released to a responsible person.
• 4:37
  Speaker 1: While the dog was in the house when officers arrived,
• 4:40
  Speaker 1: it has not been determined where the dog was physically
• 4:43
  Speaker 1: located when the murders took place. At this time, no
• 4:47
  Speaker 1: suspect has been identified, and only vetted information that does
• 4:51
  Speaker 1: not hinder the investigation will be released to the public.
• 4:55
  Speaker 1: Their speculation without factual backing, stoking community fears and spreading
• 5:00
  Speaker 1: false information. We encourage referencing official releases for accurate information
• 5:05
  Speaker 1: and updated progress. Tips Detectives are looking for context to
• 5:10
  Speaker 1: the events and people involved in these murders to assist
• 5:13
  Speaker 1: with the ongoing investigation. Any odd or out of the
• 5:17
  Speaker 1: ordinary events that took place should be reported. Our focus
• 5:21
  Speaker 1: in the investigation, not the activities. Your information, whether you
• 5:25
  Speaker 1: believe it significant or not, might be the piece of
• 5:28
  Speaker 1: the puzzle that helps investigators solve these murders. Information can
• 5:32
  Speaker 1: be submitted at the tip line two zero eight eight
• 5:35
  Speaker 1: A three seven one eight zero, email tipline at CI
• 5:40
  Speaker 1: dot Moscow dot id dot US, Digital Media, FBI dot
• 5:45
  Speaker 1: gov backslash Moscow, Idaho investigation timeline. On the evening of
• 5:53
  Speaker 1: November twelfth, Klee Gonsalves and Madison Mogan were at a
• 5:56
  Speaker 1: local bar called Corner Club at two two North Maine
• 6:00
  Speaker 1: Street in downtown Moscow between ten pm and one thirty am.
• 6:04
  Speaker 1: On November thirteenth, at approximately one forty am, Kaylee and
• 6:09
  Speaker 1: Madison were seen on video at a local food vendor
• 6:12
  Speaker 1: called the Grub Truck at three eighteen South Main Street
• 6:16
  Speaker 1: and used a private party for a ride home from
• 6:18
  Speaker 1: downtown to arrive at their eleven twenty two King Road
• 6:22
  Speaker 1: residents at one fifty six am. Investigators have determined that
• 6:27
  Speaker 1: Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were seen at the Sigma
• 6:30
  Speaker 1: Kai House on the University of Idaho campus at seven
• 6:33
  Speaker 1: three five nez Percy Drives at approximately one forty five am.
• 6:38
  Speaker 1: Ethan and Xana are believed to have returned to the
• 6:41
  Speaker 1: residence at eleven twenty two King Road. It was previously
• 6:45
  Speaker 1: reported that Ethan resided at the home, However, it has
• 6:48
  Speaker 1: been determined that he was only visiting. Detectives believe that
• 6:53
  Speaker 1: on November twelfth, the two surviving roommates had also been
• 6:56
  Speaker 1: out in the Moscow community separately, but return turned home
• 7:00
  Speaker 1: by one am on November thirteenth. The two did not
• 7:04
  Speaker 1: wake up until later that morning. On November thirteenth, the
• 7:07
  Speaker 1: surviving roommates summoned friends to the residents because they believed
• 7:12
  Speaker 1: one of the second floor victims had passed out and
• 7:15
  Speaker 1: was not waking up. At eleven fifty eight am, a
• 7:18
  Speaker 1: nine to one one call requested aid for an unconscious person.
• 7:22
  Speaker 1: This call was made from one of the surviving roommate's
• 7:24
  Speaker 1: cell phones inside the residence. Multiple people talked with the
• 7:28
  Speaker 1: nine one one dispatcher before Moscow police arrived at the location.
• 7:33
  Speaker 1: Police entered the residence and found two victims on the
• 7:36
  Speaker 1: second floor and two victims on the third floor. Autopsies
• 7:41
  Speaker 1: were conducted. On November seventeenth, the Lata County Coroner confirmed
• 7:45
  Speaker 1: the identity of the four murdered individuals and their cause
• 7:49
  Speaker 1: and manner of death as homicide by stabbing. The coroner
• 7:53
  Speaker 1: stated the four victims were likely asleep and had defensive wounds,
• 7:58
  Speaker 1: and each was stabbed multiple times times. There was no
• 8:01
  Speaker 1: sign of sexual assault. Detectives are seeking outside surveillance video
• 8:06
  Speaker 1: taken from three am to six am on Sunday, November
• 8:09
  Speaker 1: thirteenth from businesses and residents with the geographical area listed below.
• 8:15
  Speaker 1: Detective requests all available videos, whether there appear to be
• 8:19
  Speaker 1: motion in content or not. West Taylor Avenue, north boundary,
• 8:24
  Speaker 1: West Polouse River Drive, south boundary Highway ninety five south
• 8:29
  Speaker 1: to the twenty seven hundred block of Highway ninety five
• 8:31
  Speaker 1: south east Boundary Botanical Garden west boundary. Detectives are also
• 8:38
  Speaker 1: seeking additional tips in surveillance video of any unusual behavior
• 8:42
  Speaker 1: on the night of November twelfth into the early hours
• 8:45
  Speaker 1: of November thirteenth, while Kayley and Madison were in downtown
• 8:49
  Speaker 1: Moscow and while Ethan and Xana were at the Sigma
• 8:52
  Speaker 1: Kai House. Anyone who observed unusual behavior near these areas
• 8:57
  Speaker 1: or has video surveillance is asked to submit their tips.
• 9:02
  Speaker 1: Investigators have looked extensively into information received about Kaylee having
• 9:06
  Speaker 1: a stalker. They have pursued hundreds of pieces of information
• 9:10
  Speaker 1: related to this topic, but have not verified or identified
• 9:14
  Speaker 1: a stalker. Anyone with information about a potential stalker or
• 9:19
  Speaker 1: unusual instances is asked to contact the tip line. At
• 9:23
  Speaker 1: this time, the investigation detectives do not believe the following
• 9:27
  Speaker 1: are involved in this crime. To surviving roommates, mail and
• 9:31
  Speaker 1: the grub truck, surveillance video, private party driver who took
• 9:35
  Speaker 1: Kaylee and Madison home on November thirteenth. The mail, Kayley,
• 9:38
  Speaker 1: and Madison called numerous times during the early morning hours
• 9:42
  Speaker 1: of November thirteenth, any individual at the residence when nine
• 9:45
  Speaker 1: to one one was called, or the individual on the
• 9:48
  Speaker 1: lease who moved out of the residence before the school
• 9:51
  Speaker 1: year started and was not present at the time of
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: the incident. Additional information related to the investigation. Currently no
• 9:59
  Speaker 1: suspect in custody and no weapons have been located. On
• 10:03
  Speaker 1: the night of the incident, officers located a dog at
• 10:06
  Speaker 1: the residence. The dog was unharmed, turned over to animal
• 10:09
  Speaker 1: services and later released to a responsible party. Local businesses
• 10:14
  Speaker 1: were contacted to determine if a fixed blade knife had
• 10:16
  Speaker 1: been recently purchased. Detectives seized the contents of three dumpsters
• 10:21
  Speaker 1: on King Road to locate possible evidence. Governor Brad Little
• 10:25
  Speaker 1: directed up to one million dollars in state emergency funds
• 10:28
  Speaker 1: to the ongoing investigation. Throughout the investigation, detectives have collected
• 10:34
  Speaker 1: more than two thousand, seven hundred and seventy calls to
• 10:36
  Speaker 1: the tip line, over two thousand, six hundred and forty
• 10:39
  Speaker 1: five emails, over one thousand eighty four digital media submissions,
• 10:43
  Speaker 1: one hundred and thirteen pieces of physical evidence collected and
• 10:47
  Speaker 1: taken to ISP Crime Lab, approximately four thousand crime scene
• 10:51
  Speaker 1: photographs taken, multiple three dimensional scans of the residents. On
• 10:57
  Speaker 1: November twenty ninth, as part of the ongoing homicide investigation,
• 11:01
  Speaker 1: an original search warrant, detectives relocated five vehicles from within
• 11:06
  Speaker 1: the police perimeter to a more secure, long term storage
• 11:09
  Speaker 1: location to continue processing evidence. Idaho State Police Forensic Service
• 11:14
  Speaker 1: Crime Lab scientists have worked on this case for weeks
• 11:18
  Speaker 1: and have provided testing and analysis results to detectives as
• 11:22
  Speaker 1: they complete additional tests. Those results will also be provided
• 11:26
  Speaker 1: to protect the investigation's integrity. Specific results will not be
• 11:30
  Speaker 1: released as detectives move forward with the homicide investigation. A
• 11:34
  Speaker 1: private security company has been contracted to provide scene security
• 11:38
  Speaker 1: to free up patrol resources. The scene remains under police control.
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: Detectives are aware of a six person on the lease
• 11:46
  Speaker 1: at the residence. They have spoken to this individual and
• 11:49
  Speaker 1: have confirmed they moved out prior to the start of
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: school and they were not present at the time of
• 11:54
  Speaker 1: the incidents. Detectives do not believe this person has any
• 11:58
  Speaker 1: involvement in the murders. Regarding an incident at Taylor Avenue
• 12:03
  Speaker 1: and Banfield on November thirteenth, twenty twenty two, at three
• 12:06
  Speaker 1: oh one am. This incident was an alcohol offense which
• 12:10
  Speaker 1: was addressed by the onseene officer. The call is not
• 12:13
  Speaker 1: related to the multiple investigations excuse me the murder investigations.
• 12:17
  Speaker 1: For further details regarding this incident, a Moscow Police Department
• 12:21
  Speaker 1: public records request can be submitted referencing incident number two
• 12:25
  Speaker 1: to two dash M zero nine eight nine six. We
• 12:29
  Speaker 1: have not changed our belief that the murders were a
• 12:31
  Speaker 1: targeted attack. However, investigators have not concluded if the target
• 12:36
  Speaker 1: was the residence or the occupants. There have been media
• 12:40
  Speaker 1: questions about a September twelfth, twenty twenty two incident regarding
• 12:44
  Speaker 1: an argument between a group of people walking on the
• 12:46
  Speaker 1: University of Idaho bike path and a cyclist. It was
• 12:50
  Speaker 1: reported that during the confrontation, the cyclist displayed a folding knife.
• 12:54
  Speaker 1: Both parties dispersed and there were no injuries. The cyclist
• 12:58
  Speaker 1: turned himself into the police. The case was investigated and
• 13:02
  Speaker 1: misdemeanor charges were referred to the moscow A City Attorney's office.
• 13:06
  Speaker 1: There is no connection between the individual involved in the
• 13:09
  Speaker 1: incident and the current murder investigations. There have been media
• 13:13
  Speaker 1: questions regarding of February twenty twenty two death on Baker Street.
• 13:18
  Speaker 1: The Leyta County Coroner's Office has confirmed the death was
• 13:21
  Speaker 1: due to an overdose. This case is not related to
• 13:24
  Speaker 1: the ongoing murder investigation. There have been online reports of
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: a red Mustang on South Deacon Street being processed as
• 13:32
  Speaker 1: part of the murder investigation. This information is not accurate
• 13:35
  Speaker 1: and the vehicle is not connected to the incident. The
• 13:39
  Speaker 1: identity of the nine to one one caller has not
• 13:41
  Speaker 1: been released. There has been numerous media inquiries about a
• 13:45
  Speaker 1: nineteen ninety nine double stabbing in Pullman, Washington and a
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: twenty twenty one double stabbing with one death in Salem, Oregon.
• 13:52
  Speaker 1: While these cases share similarities with the King Street homicides,
• 13:55
  Speaker 1: there does not appear to be any evidence to support
• 13:58
  Speaker 1: the cases are related. Detectives are aware of a Layta
• 14:02
  Speaker 1: County Sheriff's Office incident of the report of a skinned dog,
• 14:06
  Speaker 1: but do not believe there is any evidence to support
• 14:09
  Speaker 1: it is related to this incident. Contact Leayta County Sheriff's
• 14:12
  Speaker 1: Office for further details. Detectives are also aware of a
• 14:16
  Speaker 1: Moscow police incident of the report of deceased animals left
• 14:21
  Speaker 1: on the resident's property. This was determined to be wildlife
• 14:24
  Speaker 1: activity and not related to the murders. Online reports of
• 14:28
  Speaker 1: the victims being tied and gagged are not accurate. The
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: Moscow Police Department is utilizing assistance from the Idaho State Police,
• 14:37
  Speaker 1: the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Layta County Sheriff's Office.
• 14:41
  Speaker 1: Assigned resources vary based on the current needs of the investigation.
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: These numbers are approximated and do not reflect additional offside
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: personnel or other assistants. Provided Moscow Police Department, six detectives,
• 14:55
  Speaker 1: five support staff, FBI forty six investigators in Moscoe and
• 15:00
  Speaker 1: located throughout the United States, two Behavior Analysis Unit investigators,
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: Idaho State Police, thirteen investigators in Moscow, fifteen uniform troopers
• 15:10
  Speaker 1: assisting with community patrols, communications teams, ISP forensic Services. The
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: Moscow Police Department thanks our community for their continued support,
• 15:20
  Speaker 1: understanding of the limited information we can share and patients
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: during this difficult time. All right, folks, Well there you
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: have it. That's the press release without any of my
• 15:30
  Speaker 1: commentary by the Moscow Police Department, And every time they
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: have one of these press releases from now on, we're
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: going to add it to the catalog. That way you
• 15:38
  Speaker 1: have this to reference to as well. See the ideas
• 15:41
  Speaker 1: to have as much context as possible and to have
• 15:44
  Speaker 1: as much information as possible. So we'll continue adding this
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: stuff as it pops up. And I think that having
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: the actual police report, the actual police release as part
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: of the catalog gives us a good baseline, you know,
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: to bounce some of the other ideas off of. So
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: we'll continue to add this whenever they have a new
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: one pop up. You can expect it to be in
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: the catalog from here on out. All Right, folks, that's
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: gonna do it for this one. If you'd like to
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: contact me, you can do that at Bobby Kapuchi at
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: ProtonMail dot com. That's b O B bu y c
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: A p U c c I at ProtonMail dot com.
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: You can also find me on Twitter at b O
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: bbu y underscore c A p U c c I.
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: The link that I discussed can be found in the
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: description box. Then we all