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The front door of the house where four University of Idaho students were brutally stabbed to death was allegedly still wide open hours after the killings.
The victims - three women and one man - were found on November 13 inside the student house the three women shared, with no visible signs of any break-in.
However, a neighbor said that the front door, which gives access to the floor where two of the victims' roommates who were were staying - was open at 8:30 a.m. on November 13.
Police have said that they believe the murders happened between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. on that morning.
The three women have been named as Madison Mogen, 21; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; and Xana Kernodle, 20.
The man, 20-year-old Ethan Chapin, was the boyfriend of Kernodle, one of the housemates.
The front door of the house where four University of Idaho students were brutally stabbed to death was allegedly still wide open hours after the killings
Killed in the November 13 stabbing were (left to right) Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen (on Kaylee's shoulders), Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle
The victims - three women and one man - were found on November 13 inside the student house the three women shared, with no visible signs of any break in
However, a neighbor said that the front door, which gives access to the floor where two of the victims' roommates who were were staying - was open at 8:30 a.m. on morning of November 13
A spokesman for the state told Fox News Thursday: 'That type of information is part of the investigation and not released.'
The Moscow Police Department said earlier it is probing the movements of Chapin and Kernodle, who visited the frat house, where Ethan was a member, hours before the murders.
Police believe Ethan and Xana visited the Sigma Chi house from about 9pm on November 12 until around 1.45am, when they returned to Xana's off-campus home, just a brief walk away, where the murders took place.
Ofsthun confirmed he had known Xana as a friend, and that Ethan was a member of the frat. He said there were no cameras in the Sigma Chi house that might aid the investigation.
Ethan and Xana, 20-year-olds who were dating, were stabbed to death along with Xana's roommates Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen, both 21, in the home they shared, likely while they were sleeping. Police still have no suspects and no murder weapon.
Earlier appeals to the public had focused on Kaylee and Madison's activities on the night of the murders, which involved stops at a sports bar and a food truck.
The Moscow Police Department said on Monday it is probing the movements of victims Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle (together above), who visited Ethan's fraternity house hours before the murders
Police believe Ethan and Xana visited the Sigma Chi house (above) from about 9pm on November 12 until around 1.45am, when they returned to Xana's home
'That actually seems to be one of the larger areas that we don't have a lot of information in,' Idaho State Police communications director Aaron Snell told Good Morning America of Ethan and Xana's movements on November 12.
'So being able to locate what they did that night, to maybe who they contacted, maybe any routes they took home, that would be important to the investigation,' he added.
Meanwhile, tensions grew further between investigators and the families of the victims, who have spoken out in frustration about the failure to identify a suspect.
Kaylee's father Steven previously told NewsNation's Brian Entin that police had told him her injuries were worse than the other victims', but he didn't go into detail.
Moscow Police contradicted that remark in their new statement, saying: 'With the active criminal investigation, law enforcement has not released additional facts to the family or the public.'
'There have been statements and speculation about this case, victim injuries, cause of death, evidence collection and processing, and investigative techniques,' the statement added.
'However, we firmly believe speculation and unvetted information is a disservice to the victims, their families, and our community,' it continued, echoing a refrain from prior statements as the small-town department
