WATCH LIVE: Moscow, Idaho police hold a news conference regarding the Idaho college student murders
Police also said Tuesday that there's been much conversation about how to describe the weapon thought to be used in the attacks. The department called it a fix-blade knife — usually stronger than a folding pocket knife, variations of this blade are used for hunting, survival camping and the military — and said detectives were continuing to search for it.
Officers have reportedly visited a local home improvement store, called Moscow Building Supply, multiple times since the stabbings, according to the. Scott Jutte, the store's general manager, told the newspaper last week that police had inquired about Ka-Bar knives, which is a brand of combat-style, fixed-blade knives, and whether the store sells them.
Idaho State Police spokesperson Aaron Snell said officers had done the same at multiple local hardware stores, and were not specifically focused on Ka-Bar knives, in a statement, the Idaho Statesman reported. Two people place flowers at a growing memorial in front of a campus entrance sign for the University of Idaho, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in Moscow, Idaho.Police said Monday they would hold a news conference to update the public on the investigation at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
The victims names are: Ethan Chapin, 20, of Mount Vernon, Washington; Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Xana Kernodle, 20, of Post Falls, Idaho; and Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho. Mogen, Kernodle and Goncalves were roommates, who lived in the home where all four bodies were found. Chapin was dating Kernodle, but did not live there.
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