Idaho murders: What we don't know about the stabbing deaths of 4 university students near campus

A small Idaho college community — and now, the entire nation — continues to question how and why four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in their off-campus house Nov. 13.

Moscow Police have confirmed the four students were likely murdered in their home on King Road, which is adjacent to the school's row of fraternity and sorority houses, between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m., after spending the night out. Police have not identified any suspects. 

"The coroner stated that the four victims were likely asleep, some had defensive wounds and each was stabbed multiple times. There was no sign of sexual assault," the Moscow Police Department (MPD) said in a press release Friday.

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Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were identified as the victims. The four students were close friends and members of Greek life at the university.

While authorities have steadily answered questions relating to their investigation throughout the week, the public remains baffled by several key questions that have gone unanswered. 

Officers initially responded to a 911 call reporting an unconscious person just before noon Nov. 13. The community is asking why an estimated eight hours elapsed between when police suspect the victims were killed and the 911 call.

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MPD has declined public records requests for any 911 calls from the victims' home on King Road between Saturday and Sunday due to its ongoing investigation. The department has also not publicly announced who called police and what that caller reported seeing inside the home.

Two of the victims' surviving roommates were home when the attack happened, so why didn't anyone hear anything?

If the victims were asleep and in shock upon facing the perpetrator, they may not have made much noise if they were focused on fighting for their lives, former Los Angeles Police Department Det. Mark Fuhrman told Fox News Digital. 

"People aren't talking when they are focused on not dying. That doesn't disturb me too much. It's not TV," Fuhrman said when asked his thoughts on why no one heard enough noise to call 911 immediately. "You might say something at first, but then you're focused on stopping the attack."

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There could have also been other noise factors at the house to explain why no one heard enough noise to call police, according to former New York City Police Department Det. Herman Weisberg.

"Defense wounds — that usually indicates a lot of noise," he said. "Then again … there could have been music on in the house."

Fox News Digital previously spoke with the property manager of the house, Merida McClanahan, who said there is about 20 feet of space between the rooms on each floor. The single-family home has two bedrooms on each floor with bathrooms and hallways in between them. On the second floor, the rooms are separated by a living room and kitchen area.

Police have yet to name any suspects or persons of interest in the case but have not ruled out the possibility of multiple perpetrators involved in the attack.

The last homicide in Moscow occurred in 2015, which indicates the MPD does not often handle murder cases and may have been somewhat unprepared upon its initial arrival to the house, Fuhrman noted.

The department has since called in the Idaho State Police and federal officials to assist with the case. 

Local, state and federal officials are involved in the investigation and are processing nearly 500 tips. They have also conducted 38 interviews "with individuals who may have information about the murders."

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MPD has assigned four detectives, 24 patrol officers and five support staff employees to the case. The FBI has 22 investigators in Moscow, 20 agents in other areas of the United States and two Behavioral Analysis Unit agents working on the case. The Idaho State Police has deployed 20 investigators, 15 state troopers, a public information officer and a forensic services team to the scene, as well as 15 uniformed troopers to assist with other patrols.

A "private party" drove Mogen and Goncalves home just hours before they were murdered in their beds, police said Friday.

Police initially said in a press release Friday that the two close friends took an Uber ride home from downtown and arrived to their home on King Road near campus at 1:40 a.m. They later changed their statement to say a "private party" drove them home, but it is unclear if the driver was someone the victims knew.

MPD said Wednesday there were no signs of forced entry into the victims' home. 

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A friend of some of the victims revealed to Fox News that the main entry door to their home was not frequently code-locked and that many guests came and went freely.

McClanahan, the property manager, said the house has a total of three doors — one on the first floor basement level, which meets the driveway on Queen Road; one on the second floor, which is also on the ground level because the rear of the house was built on a hill; and a third that is attached to a bedroom on the third floor and is only accessible from that room.

Officers stationed near the scene of the crime told Fox News Digital earlier this week that the inside of the home was bloody, prompting questions about how the attacker or attackers exited without anyone noticing. 

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Officials will likely be testing blood samples, looking at shoe prints and examining bedsheets that may hold DNA from the suspect's contact with victims, Fuhrman said. 

Investigators were seen collecting samples from and taking photos of windows on the outside of the house Friday afternoon. 

But the former LAPD detective questioned how the suspect or suspects — assuming that person or people were bloodied during the attack — exited the home without being seen or heard in the early morning hours of Sunday when some nearby residents may have still been awake after a late night of partying.

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Naomi Biden, granddaughter of Joe Biden, weds Peter Neal in White House ceremony

Naomi Biden, 28, married her fiancé Peter Neal on Saturday, Nov. 19, at a private 11 a.m. ceremony outside the White House, on the South Lawn. 

Naomi Biden is President Joe Biden's eldest grandchild. She is the daughter of Hunter Biden and his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle. 

This is believed to be the first White House wedding to take place on the South Lawn. 

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Naomi Biden and Peter Neal exchanged "I do's" during a chilly late-morning ceremony — temperatures were in the low 40s — in front of guests seated in white folding chairs, the Associated Press noted. 

The South Portico of the White House, facing the lawn and the Washington Monument in the distance, was decorated with wreaths and garland bearing white flowers. There was no tent.

Naomi Biden and Neal decided to keep journalists out, although the ceremony was outdoors on the grounds of what the president and first lady call the "people’s house."

Three weddings have occurred in the Rose Garden and the other 15 documented weddings at the White House took place indoors, according to the Library of Congress.

The wedding was paid for by the Biden family, said Elizabeth Alexander, communications director for Dr. Jill Biden, in an email reported by The New York Times.

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"Consistent with other private events hosted by the first family and following the traditions of previous White House wedding festivities in prior administrations, the Biden family will be paying for the wedding activities that occur at the White House," she said. 

"The wedding of Naomi Biden and Peter is a private one," Karine Jean-Pierre, the president’s chief spokesperson, said on Friday. 

"It’s a family event and Naomi and Peter have asked that their wedding be closed to the media and we are respecting their wishes."

Naomi Biden shared the news of her engagement earlier this year on her Twitter account. She also shared other updates along the way. 

In April, Naomi Biden thanked her "Nana and Pop" in a tweet announcing that her wedding would be held at the White House. 

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"Peter and I are endlessly grateful to my Nana and Pop for the opportunity to celebrate our wedding at the White House. We can't wait to make our commitment to one another official and for what lies ahead," she wrote.

The pair, who both work as lawyers in Washington, live on the third floor of the White House, reported The New York Times. 

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Ahead of their wedding ceremony, Neal shared a sweet photo of the two holding hands under an arch at the Washington, D.C., Marriage Bureau on his Instagram account on Nov. 17, 2022. 

"Gotta nail the money shot to secure the license to wed," wrote Neal in the post.

Neal, 25, of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania law school. He works at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington. 

His parents are Drs. Mary C. and William "Bill" C. Neal of Jackson Hole.

The White House Correspondents Association, which advocates for press access to the White House and the president, said it was "deeply disappointed" that the White House declined its request for press coverage of Naomi Biden’s wedding, the AP reported.

Naomi Biden is named after her late aunt, who died in a car accident at age one. That same accident also killed President Biden's first wife, Neilia, the White House website notes. 

The Associated Press contributed reporting to this article.