I think this occurred the same day as the UVA shooting but it seems like that attack is getting all the attention despite less victims and no questions about what happened (witnesses on the bus saw the whole thing play out).
This Idaho situation is very strange and getting stranger. Moscow, ID has not had a single murder since 2015. This is the first I have read about two other people being in the house at the time of the killings.
- The victims arrived home around 1:45 am, two from a party and two from a bar. Killings occurred between 3:00 am and 4:00 am. 911 call made around 12:00 noon the next day.
- Same knife appears to have been used in all four killings, indicating there was probably only one attacker.
- Two other people sleeping in the house at the time of the killings and when police arrived about eight hours later. 911 call was for an "unconscious person," not for a dead person. Police have not said who made the 911 call yet.
- Police originally said there was no further threat to the community but have since rescinded that and say a threat may still exist.
- No sign of forced entry, no murder weapon found. Police have not said whether anything was stolen.
It's strange that the call would be for an "unconscious person" rather than a dead person since a knife murder is usually a pretty bloody scene. Police have even stated that there was a lot of blood in the house. If a roommate tried to wake his "sleeping" roommate it seems like he would immediately see the blood. As far as people not waking up when the attack was ongoing, remember that Ted Bundy attacked several members of a sorority at Florida State while a few dozen girls were in the house and he was not quiet in his manner of killing that night; his attacks were especially brutal even for him. Nobody noticed him until he was walking out the door.