Multiple stabbings in the Green Valley Elementary School, Monrovia, Maryland, reported by a sheriff’s office on Thursday
When the students and the teacher arrived at the cafe, the teacher had store reps call police and report that there were multiple stabbeds at the school and that she was in the room with them, authorities said.
Shortly before 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, deputies received a call about multiple stabbings at Green Valley Elementary School in Monrovia, according to a news release from the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office. Monrovia is roughly 40 minutes west of Baltimore.
The students – Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20 – were killed just days before the school’s Thanksgiving break. They were all stabbed multiple times and were likely asleep when the attack began, a coroner has said.
Earlier in the day, the teacher had allegedly attempted to call the front office to get permission to take students outside but did not receive a response and believed the school seemed “eerily quiet,” the sheriff’s office said.
Authorities say that the teacher made the decision to lead the students to the cafe due to her taking part in emergency management procedures.
Children are required to remove their brightly colored clothing and remove their shirt as they walk through the woods in order to avoid being seen by anyone.
An Idaho college student’s death sparks a homicide investigation and sends shock waves through the campus with 112,000 students, officials and the mayor
We are grateful that this was a non-credible threat but we know it was upsetting for students and our community at large. We regret that this happened,” the school district added.
The teacher was taken into custody, which does not mean she was criminally arrested or charged, authorities said. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation but was not handcuffed, they added.
The school district said there will be extra mental health staff at the school to support children and staff who need them, in addition to the information and services that were provided by the parents at the meeting.
Four college students were found dead in a house near the University of Idaho campus Sunday, setting off a homicide investigation and sending shock waves through the campus of about 11,500 students.
School officials canceled class on Monday because they were waiting to learn about the incident at the home in Moscow.
“Words cannot adequately describe the light these students brought to this world or ease the depth of suffering we feel at their passing under these tragic circumstances,” University of Idaho President Scott Green said in a statement Monday.
Kaylee Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho. She was a senior majoring in general studies at the university.
The Moscow Police Department said in a news release that their officers found four bodies, after they responded to a call about an unconscious person.
The police are investigating the deaths as homicides, but have not given any other details about what happened. No one was in custody as of Monday. Anyone interested in the case has been asked to call the police.
At a memorial on Monday evening, Stacy Chapin thanked the “Moscow Police Department, who now carry the burden every day not only for us, but for all of the impacted families.”
“This tragedy serves as a sobering reminder that senseless acts of violence can occur anywhere, at any time, and we are not immune from such events here in our community,” the mayor said. “Today, we grieve for those were lost and those they leave behind. We must come together to be there for each other when we are sad as a community.
The Moscow Police Department is Searching for the Killings of four U.K. Students in their Off-campus Home During a Candle Light Gathering
The university has counseling resources for students and employees and school officials are working with students to put on a candle light gathering later in the week, Green said.
“As Vandals, we come together and support one another through challenging times, leaning into our collective strength. Green said to look out for one another.
A month after the gruesome killings of four University of Idaho students in their off-campus home, authorities have yet to name a suspect or locate the murder weapon as hundreds of students take final exams before winter break.
The analysts have been working for hours to come up with the most relevant tips for investigators to follow. They have reinterviewed some of the folks we’ve interviewed earlier in this investigation to clarify information,” Lanier said Monday.
Moscow had not recorded a murder in two years when the killings shook the small college town.
Much of the information in the case will eventually be used for prosecution and cannot be put into the public eye, at risk of impeding justice at the very end, Snell said.
The Moscow Police Department initially responded to the crime scene, without any public information staff, and so the early messaging may have been off.
In addition to the hundreds of leads, police are also combing through large files of surveillance footage submitted by residents of the early morning hours when police believe the murders happened.
It is taking more time to investigate other angles. It was believed that a fixed-blade knife was used in the attack on the students, and to assist in the investigation, law enforcement asked businesses to come forward with information about the purchase of the knife. No local businesses have provided information that the knife matching that description was bought or obtained.
People should always lock their doors and be alert of what they are doing. There are people out there that are murderers, and we want to bring them to justice, and so we are looking for them.
Police did not suspect that any other people were in the house at the time of the deaths, or that they were inside when the call was made.
The Stabbings of Four University Students in Moscow, Idaho: An In-person or Remote Instructor? Investigation into the Stalled Hyundai Elantra
The University of Idaho president said Tuesday that many students have given the school input on how they hope to proceed after the fall break, resulting in a decision to allow students to finish the rest of the semester either in-person or remotely.
The University of Idaho President Scott Green asked faculty to prepare in-person teaching and remote learning options so that each student could choose their mode of engagement for the final two weeks of the semester. It is not recommended to move courses completely online, but it is necessary in limited situations.
As people talk about the case, public sentiment changes. “They’re confused. They’re upset. We want to try and dispel rumors, and we want to try and make sure that the truth is out there.”
Investigators looked “extensively” into hundreds of pieces of information about victim Kaylee Goncalves having a stalker, but “have not been able to verify or identify a stalker,” police said in a Facebook post Tuesday.
Later in the morning, two surviving roommates “summoned friends to the residence because they believed one of the second floor victims had passed out and was not waking up,” police said in a release.
The dog that was found at the home of the stabbings was turned over to Animal Services and then released to a responsible party.
Investigators in the killings of four University of Idaho students are searching for at least one person they believe was inside a white sedan seen near the crime scene around the time of the deaths last month, police said Wednesday.
A 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra was spotted “in the immediate area” of the off-campus home where the students were stabbed to death in the early morning hours of November 13, Moscow Police said in a statement Wednesday.
The information about the vehicle came from thousands of tips, which horrified the small college town of Moscow, Idaho.
We think the person may have seen something. They may not know they have seen something,” Lanier said Monday, noting investigators want to speak with whoever was in the car.
Investigators are working through more than 6,000 tips they have received over the course of the investigation so far. “We have quality information that we’re working on,” said Snell.
The investigation of a Moscow home burglary at the time of the fatal shooting of the four students at the University of Idaho, a day before the final exam
“It’s time for us to give those things back that really mean something to those families and hopefully to help with some of their healing,” Moscow Police Chief James Fry said Tuesday in a brief video statement.
As they work to figure who killed the students, police have built a timeline of what they were doing in the hours leading up to their deaths and what happened before police were called.
All four had been out enjoying a typical weekend night – two were at a bar in downtown Moscow while the other two were at a fraternity house, investigators have said. They all returned to the home by 2 a.m.
Two of them were found by responding officers on the second floor, while two others were on the third floor. Police don’t know if there were signs of sexual assault. Authorities also did not see signs of forced entry or damage.
Many residents and victims’ loved ones are still on edge as authorities have kept many details from the public, saying they are protecting the integrity of the investigation.
“We’re not releasing specific details because we do not want to compromise this investigation. It’s what we must do. We owe that to the families, and we owe that to the victims. We want more than just an arrest, we want a conviction,” Lanier continued.
Lanier’s remarks come as hundreds of University of Idaho students are taking final exams this week before the fall semester ends and investigators comb through more than 6,000 tips they’ve received in the case.
As the investigation continues, Lanier pointed out that everyone in Moscow should be aware of their surroundings, avoid walking in dark places and walk in groups when possible.
Detection and interrogation of two university homicides students in Washington, Idaho, according to the Idaho Department of Investigative Crimes
The FBI prioritized and vet the tips for the investigation. The public is asked to continue to use the Tip Line to report any information about the vehicle,” police said in a news release.
The investigation into the homicides is being handled by dozens working around the clock across the local police department, the FBI and the Idaho State Police.
“We have teams in Moscow, Salt Lake City and in Virginia as well as other locations across the country. And we’re prepared to do interviews and follow up on information at any point anywhere,” Lanier said.
The home is being monitored by a private security company, but authorities returned some of the victims belongings to their family last week.
“Tracking down rumors and quelling rumors about specific individuals or specific events that may or may not have happened is a huge distraction for investigators and oftentimes is the result of social media propagation,” Lanier said. It is very difficult for investigators to stay on track.
Police have already debunked several rumors surrounding the mysterious deaths, including refuting online reports that the victims were tied and gagged.
Police noted that the students’ deaths are unrelated to another case in Washington in 1999 and a case in Oregon in 2021, both of which may share similarities.
Police have also reassured the public that a September incident that involved an argument between a group of people walking on the University of Idaho bike path and a cyclist, who displayed a folding knife, is not connected to the students’ killings.
Additionally, police have released information eliminating some people as suspects, including a person listed on the lease of the residence where the killings happened.
Additionally, a man seen in surveillance video from the food truck visited by Goncalves and Mogen, and another man the pair called “numerous times” in the hours before their deaths, were also ruled out as suspects by police.