What is known regarding the killing of four students at the University of Idaho?

The perplexing circumstances behind the savage killings of four University of Idaho students over the weekend remain a mystery, according to Moscow, Idaho, authorities.

Officials said they do not have any suspects or a murder weapon at a press conference on Wednesday and urged the 25,000-person small town to be “vigilant.”

Police are now looking for a fighting knife in the “Rambo” type, a nearby business owner told the Idaho Statesman.

Ethan Chapin, 20, of Conway, Washington; Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Xana Kernodle, 20, of Avondale, Arizona; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho — the victims — were discovered dead from stab wounds early on Sunday.

TWO ROOMMATES WERE AT HOME WHEN FOUR STUDENTS WERE KILLED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO IN THE MURDERS.

Off-campus on King Road, close to fraternity row, the four buddies shared a six-bedroom house with two other students.

What is known about the events leading up to and after the murders is as follows.

Goncalves shared a bright photo of himself and four friends on Instagram at 8:57 p.m. that appeared to have been taken on a porch.

She captioned the image, “One fortunate girl to be surrounded by wonderful people every day.”

According to the police, Chapin and Kernodle attended a party together at the Sigma Chi house on campus while Mogen and Goncalves hung out at a local bar called the Corner Club.

In a clip uploaded to the livestreaming website Twitch at 1:41 a.m., Mogen and Goncalves were seen on camera near a food truck.

The friends are chatting with friends while waiting in line at the “Grub Truck,” the food truck operated by the Grub Wandering Kitchen.

They seem to be strolling beside an unidentified male who is standing close when they place their order. The guy in the white sweater is not a suspect, according to police on November 20.

Around 1:45 a.m., they all went back home. A “private party,” whom police have not identified but have ruled out as a suspect, gave Mogen and Goncalves a ride home.

Around one in the morning, two of their female roommates who survived the attack and who have also been exonerated of any wrongdoing did so.

Between three and four in the morning, the four victims were fatally stabbed with an “edged weapon such as a knife,” according to police. No trace of the murder weapon has been made.

One of the victims’ roommates contacted 911 at 11:58 a.m. and reported a “unconscious individual.”

The two surviving roommates and an undetermined number of companions were present at the murder site before police arrived, according to the police on Nov. 20. Why there was an estimated eight-hour delay between the assaults and the 911 call is unknown.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE 4 SUSPECTED VICTIMS ALLEGEDLY KILLED NEAR CAMPUS IN IDAHO UNIVERSITY HOMICIDES

The university issued a “Vandal Alert” at 2 p.m. Sunday informing students of the murders and instructing them to “shelter in place.”

Police later described the quadruple homicide as “an isolated, targeted attack” that posed “no imminent threat to the community at large,” but the order was lifted an hour later.

Prior to retracting his earlier claim that the killings were “crimes of passion” in a statement to MINIECHAT Digital, Mayor Art Bettge said that a motive had not yet been determined.

Investigators are looking into “crimes of passion” or “burglaries gone wrong” as potential motives, the mayor added.

The victims’ names were made public by the police.

Residents of Moscow, students, and the families of the victims began to criticize the scant and contradictory information being released by public officials.

Parents of the slain University of Idaho victim are frustrated by the “lack of information” coming from the police and the school.

Jim Chapin, Chapin’s father, said in a statement to MINIECHAT Digital that the family had grown frustrated with the “lack of information” coming from the school and the police.

The statement reads, “The silence only deepens the pain of our family following the murder of our son.” “For Ethan and his three dear friends killed in Moscow, Idaho, and for all of our families, I implore officials to speak the truth, share what they know, catch the killer, and safeguard the larger community.”

On Twitter, both parents and students vented.

For the first time, Moscow Police Chief James Fry disclosed to the media during a press conference on Wednesday that the two female roommates who were present during the horrific attack were unharmed.

Without any suspects in custody, police say the threat from the University of Idaho murders is still present.

Fry did not give any information about the 911 caller or explain why the call came in more than eight hours after the killings. He claimed there were no indications of a forced entry.

He walked back earlier claims that the neighborhood was not continuously in danger as a result of the crime.

He said, “That person is still there, and we do not have a suspect at this time. “We cannot rule out the possibility of a threat to the community, and as we have previously stated, we ask that you exercise caution, report any suspicious behavior, and always be aware of your surroundings.”

He added that the FBI and the Idaho State Police are supporting the investigation.

In a statement given to the media by Cathy Mabbutt, the coroner for Latah County, the students’ deaths were formally determined to be homicides.

According to Mabbutt, all four victims died as a result of stabbings.

She told NewsNation that the attacker used a “really large knife” and that the victims were found in bed with multiple stab wounds to their chests. She told Idaho News that the murderer may have ambushed the victims as they slept and that the attack seemed “personal.”

According to The Idaho Statesman, police were asking a local hardware store manager whether the store had recently sold a knife under the Ka-Bar brand as part of their investigation.

A FRIEND SAYS THAT IF IDAHO MURDER VICTIMS “WERE GOING TO GO, THEY WERE GOING TO GO TOGETHER”

A Behavioral Analysis Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigations is assisting local law enforcement authorities in the case, a spokesperson for the agency told MINIECHAT Digital.

The final movements of the four victims from the evening of November 12 until the time of their murders were shown on an aerial map that was released by the police.

The two roommates who were at home during the killings cannot be ruled out as suspects, Idaho State Police communications director Aaron Snell told MINIECHAT Digital.

He said, “These are people who might have witnessed the crime, but on the other hand might have committed the crime.” It would not be appropriate to name them until we have conducted a thorough investigation because we are unsure of their status as witnesses, victims, or suspects.

He added that neither the motive nor the number of attackers had been identified by the authorities.

Anyone with information about suspicious activity, video surveillance, or unrelated facts is asked by the police to contact the tip line at (208) 883-7180 or tipline@ci.moscow.id.us.

The two roommates who were at the King Road house at the time of the incident aren’t being looked at as suspects, according to a press release from the police on Friday night. Police added that they are not looking into the possibility of a suspect for the murders of Goncalves, 21, and Mogen, 21, who were last seen together at a food truck in Moscow just hours before their deaths.

Police later clarified that Goncalves and Mogen didn’t actually use an Uber to get home early on Sunday morning, but rather a “private party.”

Prior to returning to the King Road residence at 1:45 a.m., Chapin and Kernodle were reportedly at the Sigma Chi house, according to the police.

Officials added that the coroner determined that “the four victims were likely asleep, some had defensive wounds, and each was stabbed multiple times,” further confirming that the manner of death was a stabbing.

Police say they haven’t found a weapon but that investigators have contacted nearby businesses to see if a “fixed-blade knife” was recently purchased.

All four of the victims, the police said during a press conference on Sunday, passed away while they were asleep. All of the victims had multiple stab wounds, and “some” of them had defensive wounds.

Police also provided a list of those they believe are not responsible for the killings.

According to Cpt. Roger Lanier of the Moscow Police Department’s press conference on Sunday, “we do not believe the following individuals are involved in this crime.” The two surviving roommates; a man seen downtown at the Grubb Truck food vendor, specifically wearing a white hoodie; [and] a private party who gave Kaylee and Madison rides home in the wee hours of November 13th.