BOISE, Idaho — Despite a raft of unknowns, police investigating the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students more than three weeks ago say they remain steadfast they are on the right path to eventually finding the killer, or killers, and bringing the case to a resolution.
Detectives with the Moscow Police Department, buttressed by dozens of investigators with the Idaho State Police and FBI, have entered the analytical phase of the case, Aaron Snell, spokesperson for the Idaho State Police, told the Idaho Statesman in a sit-down interview Tuesday. Public critique aside — including from some of the four victims’ family members — based on the amount of tips and evidence still flooding into law enforcement, the investigation is far from becoming a cold case, he said.
“We have several thousand leads and tips that have come in,” Snell said, seated inside Moscow Police headquarters. “So even though we don’t have a suspect, and even though we don’t have a weapon, we’re confident that the amount of work and the analysis that’s being done, the test results that are coming back, all of those things are going to help lead to being able to identify someone and make an arrest.”
