华盛顿州芒特弗农。-朋友和家人周一聚集在一起,纪念11月13日早些时候在家中被刺死的四名爱达荷大学学生中的一名,因为莫斯科大学城的警方尚未确定谋杀案的嫌疑人。
伊桑·查平的追悼会在华盛顿州芒特弗农举行,这座城市位于西雅图北部的普吉特湾。
“我们想感谢你们每一个人成为伊森生活的一部分,”他的家人在纪念活动中写道。“在他短短的20年里,他感动了多少人的生命,这是对他性格的不可思议的见证。损失难以想象,但我们的家庭会坚持下去。”
20岁的Chapin是一个三胞胎,他的父母和兄弟姐妹Maizie和Hunter都健在。他参加了芒特弗农高中,在那里他打篮球。三个三胞胎都在去年八月被爱达荷大学录取。
“自从上了爱达荷大学,伊桑过上了他最好的生活,”根据他的讣告。“他热爱社交生活、校内生活,并容忍学术研究。他还继续参加体育运动。”
讣告称,“如果他不在高尔夫球场或工作,你通常会发现他在冲浪、打沙滩排球或打泡菜球。”
周日,调查死亡事件的执法人员要求耐心等待,因为一周过去了,没有逮捕任何人。
当局表示,他们没有嫌疑人或武器,这震动了莫斯科,这是爱达荷州柄状狭长地带的一个拥有2.5万居民的小镇,大约五年来没有记录在案的凶杀案。
学生和居民对警方缺乏细节表示担忧,警方最初表示对公众没有危险,但几天后承认他们不能说没有威胁。
“我们知道人们想要答案——我们也想要答案,”爱达荷州警察上校凯德里克·威尔斯说。"请耐心等待我们完成调查。"
莫斯科警察局长詹姆斯·弗莱说,当局已经收到了近650条线索,并进行了90次采访。警方还要求该市特定地区的企业和居民与他们分享杀人当天凌晨3点至6点之间录制的镜头。
该大学本周因感恩节放假。
受害者是Chapin高年级学生麦迪逊·摩根,21岁,来自爱达荷州的科达伦,凯莉·冈萨尔维斯,21岁,来自爱达荷州的拉斯德勒姆;以及来自爱达荷州波斯特福尔斯的20岁的小夏之纳·克诺德。这两个女人是室友,而查平正在和克诺德尔约会。
当局周日表示,他们每个人都被捅了多刀,一些人有防御性伤口。
警方称,案发当晚在房子里的另外两名室友在袭击中一直睡着,当天晚些时候才醒来。警方表示,他们的一部电话被用来在上午11点58分从住所内拨打911。警方周日拒绝透露是谁拨打了911电话。
警方说,证据让他们相信学生是目标,尽管他们没有提供细节,并拒绝在周日再次这样做。调查人员表示,受害者和家中似乎没有任何东西被盗。警方称没有强行进入的迹象,第一反应人员到达时发现一扇门开着。
官员们表示,数十名额外的执法人员已经抵达莫斯科。
莫斯科警察局表示,四名侦探、五名辅助人员和24名巡警正在调查此案。联邦调查局有22名调查人员在莫斯科提供帮助,还有20多名特工在该地区以外提供协助。爱达荷州警方提供了20名调查人员、15名巡警和流动犯罪现场小组。
'Unimaginable' loss: Memorial held for 1 of 4 Idaho victims
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. --Friends and family gathered Monday to remember one of the four University of Idaho students stabbed to death in their home early Nov. 13, as police in the college town of Moscow have yet to identify a suspect in the slayings.
The memorial service for Ethan Chapin was held in Mount Vernon, Washington, a city on Puget Sound north of Seattle.
“We want to thank each and every one of you for being a part of Ethan’s life,” his family wrote in a program for the memorial. “It is an incredible testimony to his character just how many lives he has touched in his short 20 years. The loss is unimaginable but our family will persevere.”
Chapin, 20, was a triplet, and is survived by his parents and his siblings Maizie and Hunter. He attended Mount Vernon High School, where he played basketball. All three triplets enrolled in the University of Idaho last August.
“Since attending the University of Idaho, Ethan lived his best life,” according to his obituary. “He loved the social life, intramurals and tolerated the academics. He also continued to play sports.”
“If he wasn’t on the golf course or working, you could usually find him surfing, playing sand volleyball or pickle ball,” the obituary said.
On Sunday, law enforcement officers investigating the deaths asked for patience after a week passed with no arrests.
Authorities said they have no suspect or weapon in the killings, which shook Moscow, a town of 25,000 residents in the Idaho Panhandle that had not recorded a homicide in about five years.
Students and residents have expressed concern about a lack of details from police, who initially said there was no danger to the public but a few days later acknowledged they couldn’t say there was no threat.
“We know that people want answers — we want answers, too,” Idaho State Police Col. Kedrick Wills said. “Please be patient as we work through this investigation."
Moscow Police Chief James Fry said authorities have received nearly 650 tips and conducted 90 interviews. Police have also requested businesses and residences in specific parts of the city to share with them footage recorded between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. on the day of the killings.
The university is in recess this week for Thanksgiving.
The victims were Chapin; seniors Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho; and junior Xana Kernodle, 20, of Post Falls, Idaho. The women were roommates, and Chapin was dating Kernodle.
Authorities on Sunday said they were each stabbed multiple times, and that some had defensive wounds.
Police said two other roommates who were in the house on the night of the killings slept through the attack, waking later that day. Police said one of their phones was used to call 911 from inside the residence at 11:58 a.m. Police on Sunday declined to say who made the 911 call.
Police have said evidence leads them to believe the students were targeted, although they haven’t given details and declined to do so again on Sunday. Investigators say nothing appears to have been stolen from the victims or the home. Police have said there was no sign of forced entry, and first responders found a door open when they arrived.
Dozens of additional law enforcement officers have arrived in Moscow, officials said.
The Moscow Police Department said four detectives, five support staff and 24 patrol officers are working on the case. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has 22 investigators helping in Moscow, and 20 more agents assisting from outside the area. The Idaho State Police has supplied 20 investigators, 15 troopers for patrols and its mobile crime scene team.