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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Sharp and Andrea Blanco

Idaho student murders – update: Victim’s father says he ‘has to believe’ Moscow killer will be caught

Jazzmin Kernodle/The Moscow-Pullman Daily New/AP

Father of Idaho murder victim says ‘means of death’ do not match

Nearly six weeks since the murder of four University of Idaho students, police are still refusing to say how much they know about the whereabouts of the killer.

In a frustrating interview with NewsNation on Tuesday night, city of Moscow police chief James Fry declined to answer a question about whether the culprit was still in the area.

"Like I said, we're not disclosing any of that, but there's some of that we just don't know at this point," Mr Fry said. "We're still trying to put everything together.

"We've said all along that we need people to be vigilant, we need people to pay attention. We're not sure exactly where the individual is."

It comes after Steve Goncalves, the devastated father of murder victim Kaylee Goncalves, told CNN that he “has to” believe that his daughter’s killer will be caught.

The Goncalves’ family has repeatedly voiced frustration with the investigation, while Mr Fry has insisted that the case is not going cold and denied that the victims’ families are being “left in the dark”.

Sunday will mark the six-week anniversary of the day when Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were stabbed to death in their beds in Moscow on 13 November.

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