Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20, were stabbed to death on the morning of Nov. 13 in an off-campus home where three of them lived. The four were close friends, and Kernodle and Chapin were in a relationship.
Law enforcement officials initially said that they believed the students were killed in an isolated, targeted attack, but the lack of details regarding a suspect and a motive fueled speculation about the circumstances around their deaths. Moscow police said the victims were likely killed in their sleep and had multiple wounds, some of them defensive, and that there were no signs of any of them being sexually assaulted.
Two other women roommates were home during the killings, but authorities said they didn’t believe they were involved in the crime. Officials were called to the residence just before noon. According to Moscow police, “The surviving roommates summoned friends to the residence because they believed one of the second-floor victims had passed out and was not waking up.”
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/skbaer/idaho-student-stabbings-man-arrested