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A state lawmaker has warned that the University of Idaho could face a 'snowballing disaster' if the murder of four students isn't solved.
Idaho House Minority Leader, Ilana Rubel, 50, revealed the state has already given $1million for the investigation into the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Maddie Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
With the murders going unsolved for nearly a month now, Rubel worries the school could face 'collapsing enrollment' and a wave of students transferring schools.
'It's going to be a snowballing disaster if they don't get to the bottom of it,' Rubel told KHQ. 'My daughter's best friend is there. I know folks who do not want to go back.
'Nobody wants to send their kids to a community where they could face this kind of horror. It's every parent's worst nightmare, it's every student's worst nightmare. They have got to find the perpetrator.'
The Democratic lawmaker's comments come after DailyMail.com exclusively revealed one student's parent gave her a pistol for protection and others are barricading their front doors with chairs at night.
Idaho House Minority Leader, Ilana Rubel, 50, revealed the state has already given $1million toward the University of Idaho student murder investigation and has no issue providing more. 'If that's what it takes,' she told the outlet. 'I fear the likelihood of the University of Idaho and the safety of everybody in that community is on the line'
She also fears if the case isn't solved, the university could have 'collapsing enrollment' and students will transfer. 'It's going to be a snowballing disaster if they don't get to the bottom of it,' Rubel said. Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Maddie Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20 were killed on November 13
Rubel also said the $1million already invested by the state into the murder investigation was a 'bargain' and she would 'support investing more than that.'
'If that's what it takes,' she told the outlet. 'I fear the likelihood of the University of Idaho and the safety of everybody in that community is on the line.
'We have got to get to the bottom of that case.'
Moscow police say they have received over 2,600 email tips, more than 2,700 phone calls, over 1,084 digital media submissions to the FBI link, 113 pieces of physical evidence, and have taken 4,000 crime scene photographs with multiple three-dimensional scans of the residence.
Kaylee Goncalves' family revealed that her injuries were more extensive than those suffered by Xana, her boyfriend Ethan, or even Maddie, who was in bed with her when they were murdered on November 13.
The fact that her injuries were 'significantly more brutal' than the other victims is driving theories she was the target of the quadruple homicide.
Police have denied they told Mr. Goncalves this information.
But on Monday, the Moscow Police Department said it is probing the movements of Ethan and Xana, who visited
