University of Idaho killings: police receive over 260 digital submissions

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Abstraction: Police digital evidence collection in quadruple homicide investigation

Key points:

Four University of Idaho students (Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen) were stabbed to death on 13 November 2022 in an off-campus house near Moscow, Idaho
Police received over 260 digital media submissions via FBI internet link; also collected 113 pieces of physical evidence sent to Idaho state police crime lab
Idaho governor Brad Little directed up to $1 million in state emergency funds for the investigation
Investigators reviewed more than 1,000 tips and interviewed 150+ people; no suspect or murder weapon identified at time of article
Authorities took ~4,000 crime scene photographs and developed multiple 3D scans of the residence
Online reports of victims being tied and gagged were explicitly denied by authorities

Connections: University Of Idaho · Digital Forensics