We're back! University of Idaho Massacre Online Discussion and Catch-up

Testing... testing....hello?!

Firstly, I'm so sorry it's been such a long time since our last event. The last time we did do one was right in the middle of a pandemic. Sadly, because I'm struggling to find locations to host Murder Club, we'll have to continue online (hopefully not forever).

Anyway, let's have a catch-up, meet new members, and discuss the Idaho case. This wont be a fully presented Murder Club, more of a social with discussion points, just to ease myself back into hosting. Hope that's ok?

The case:

The killings of four University of Idaho students in mid-November at an off-campus residence stunned the small community of Moscow, where investigators grappled with what the town's police chief would later describe as a "very complex" case.

No suspect was immediately named in the deaths of housemates Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Xana Kernodle, 20, as well as Kernodle's boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20. Nor was a murder weapon, believed to be a large fixed-blade knife, found.

But the intense scrutiny on the unsolved slayings sparked thousands of tips to the FBI.

Then, nearly seven weeks later — with the community on edge and speculation swirling about who could commit such violence — police announced an arrest in Pennsylvania of a doctoral student in criminal justice.

Trigger warning: The discussions at Murder Club can get pretty graphic. Crime scenes will be described and autopsy results shared.