Share and Follow
() — The stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students earlier this month have left a community on edge, as a suspect has still not been arrested in connection with the killings.
Close friends Ethan Chapin, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, were found dead in an off-campus rental home on Nov. 13.
Many questions remain in the case, which has garnered national attention as police continue to search for a suspect.
’s Brian Entin and former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer answered questions from viewers during a livestream Tuesday. You can watch the whole conversation in the player above.
Q: Was there a dog in the house?
A: Entin said there was a dog in the house on the night of the attack.
“The dog wasn’t hurt,” he said. Some have asked why the dog didn’t bark — to that, Entin said it’s still unknown if the dog did or did not bark. Idaho Statesman breaking news reporter Alex Brizee told previously that it is unclear who the canine’s owner was.
Read Related Also: Annette Schnee and Bobbie Jo Oberholtzer killings: How a pair of orange socks connected two Colorado cold case murders committed on the same day in 1982
Q: Were fingerprints taken at the scene?
Coffindaffer said the scene is going to be analyzed inside and out by investigators, including those who know how to analyze fingerprints.
“(The team is) going to be taking blood and hair and fibers, samples of any and everything,” she said. “I can’t even imagine the hundreds of submissions that are going to be given to the lab to look at.”
However, getting fingerprints can be complicated. Very specific points need to be found within the print to do a comparison, Coffindaffer explained. Once these are found, authorities would need to find prints of people for comparison to the samples.
“You’re going to be getting anybody and everybody that was at their house,” she said.
Q: How could the victims have been attacked without waking up?
Coffindaffer said these kinds of attacks happen quickly, which is why there weren’t more signs of struggle on the victim’s bodies, other than defensive wounds.
“They were ambushed in their sleep,” she said. “By the time that they are getting attacked, it’s happening so fast, to the larynx, to the heart, to the vital organs, to the lungs.”
