When four college students in Idaho were fatally murdered, other housemates were at home

The youngsters' bodies were discovered on Sunday at a home close to the school.

Police in Moscow, Idaho are asking for the public's assistance in identifying the person responsible for fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in a residence close to campus.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Moscow Police Chief James Fry declared, "That person is still out there." "We cannot claim that the community is not under peril."

Knives were used to kill the victims in "an isolated, targeted attack," according to Fry.

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 were the students who were slain early on Sunday morning and discovered hours later.

At the time of the crime, two other housemates were at home; they were unharmed, according to Fry. He clarified, "It was not a hostage situation.

Around noon on Sunday, when police were called to a report of an unconscious person, those roommates were there, according to Fry.

According to police, they are attempting to establish the victims' timeframe.

According to Fry, that evening Goncalves and Mogen were in a downtown pub, while Chapin and Kernodle were attending a party on campus.

According to his mother, Stacy Chapin, Chapin didn't reside there but was staying over with his girlfriend, Kernodle.

As childhood best friends, Goncalves and Mogen "did everything together," according to Goncalves' sister Alivia Goncalves.

She claimed that having the friends there during their dying moments gives her some comfort.

According to Fry, autopsies are happening on Wednesday.

The tip line's number is : Call: 208-883-7180, and he requested anybody with information of the victims location to use that number.