A spokesperson for the FBI told NBC News the agency is assisting Moscow police with the investigation. Police have said there is no imminent threat to the community, though students are rattled by the slayings.
have left the college town of Moscow, Idaho, on edge as authorities search for a motive and a suspect.
The deaths of Ethan Chapin, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, have been ruled as homicides, though autopsy results are still pending.Cathy Mabbutt, the Latah County coroner, said she was still processing the crime scene."It was it was very, very traumatic," Mabbutt told TODAY, adding she had never seen anything like it before.
Moscow Mayor Art Bettge said the deaths may have been a"crime of passion" or linked to a property crime"gone wrong," but the motive for the killings was still unclear,"At this time, we have shared every piece of information that we can without compromising the ongoing investigation," Moscow police said in a statement.
Stevenson said Goncalves, a 21-year-old Idaho native, was a senior at the school, and that her smile lit up any room. Her sister was also a member of the Alpha Phi sorority.
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