'Sloppy' Idaho killer left 'mess of evidence' at 'chaotic' crime scene

Devastated parents of one of the victims of the University of Idaho massacre have branded the killer as ‘sloppy’ – adding that they left a ‘mess’ of evidence behind. Kaylee Goncalves (pictured left), 21, was one of the four students brutally knifed to death in the slaying as cops say they still have no promising leads. Roommates Madison Mogen (pictured right), 21, and Xana Kernodle, 20, were also stabbed to death on November 13. Freshman Ethan Chapin, 20, who was dating Xana, was also killed inside the home. Goncalves parents, Steve and Kristi, say that police told them that examining the chaotic crime scene will take time. 

Speaking to Fox News they said: ‘They’re telling us that there’s so much evidence that it’s going to take a lot of time to process it all. ‘This wasn’t like a pinpoint crime. This person was sloppy.’ Steve added that the killer ‘made a mess there, and they’re going to have to go through that point by point.’ Pictured: All four murder victims.

Police have been unable to confirm if they have DNA from the suspect but have set up a mobile unit at the scene of the crimes to try to speed things up. They believe that the attack was targeted, calling it a ‘complex and terrible crime’ which would ‘take some time to resolve.’ Pictured: Idaho residence where murders took place.

Officers are also seeking surveillance footage from two ‘areas of interest’ in Moscow as part of their hunt for the killer. They are urging members of the public to come forward with any tips or footage in parts of the city between 3am and 6am on November 13. Anyone with footage or stills covering West Taylor Ave, West Palouse River Drive, Highway 95 south to the 2700 block of Highway 95 S and the Arboretum and Botanical Garden are asked to contact cops. 

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Authorities have yet to reveal why the window of time is so important, but confirmed that other friends of the students were present in the home at the time of a 911 call. The chief stated that the 911 call, placed at 11.58 am, was made from the phone ‘of one of the surviving roommates,’ but did not share who that was. Both surviving roommates have been ruled out as suspected by police, with Kristi confirming that she believes her daughter was calling her ex-boyfriend Jack around the time of the murders. 

However the family insists that he was not involved in any way, adding: ‘They’re wasting their time with Jack. Jack is just as distraught as we are. Jack is our family.’ Moscow Police Chief James Fry said on Sunday: ‘We believe they’re targeted because we take a totality of all the circumstances we’re looking at. Do we know any one person that was targeted? We’re not able to say at this point in time due to our investigation, but we still believe that.’ 

Dozens of FBI agents are assigned to the case, as well as state police, to assist the Moscow Police Department — with no murder weapon being found. Officials believe that the four students were stabbed while they slept, with two found on the second floor and the others on the third floor of the home. 

Detectives are also trawling through wooded areas behind the house of horrors as part of a probe into whether their murder spied on them before striking. Photos captured at the scene on Sunday by Fox News show investigators scouring the woodlands outside the students’ home in the small college town of Moscow to decipher where the killer may have lurked before stabbing the four victims. Investigators positioned themselves at various places in the woods — as they searched for clues near the murder scene. 

Moscow police were also seen looking through a white Chevrolet sedan parked outside the house where the murders took place. The search in the thicket beside the Moscow house coincided with the revelation that last month, just three miles from the scene, a couple’s dog was killed in the most brutal fashion. Buddy, a mini Australian shepherd, was found skinned with fur left on only its legs and face. 

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