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‘Screams’ picked up by police bodycams on night of Idaho slayings: report

‘Screams’ picked up by police bodycams on night of Idaho slayings: report

A police officer’s bodycam picked up a high-pitched sound that could have been a scream on the night four University of Idaho college students were killed in their beds.

The voice was recorded on November 13 at 3:12 a.m. by Moscow, Idaho police responding to an incident related to the murders but also near the university campus. The Daily Mail reported on Saturday.

A sound was heard at the time the students were killed, and while some think it was a scream, others speculate it could also be the screeching of car tires.

So far, police have made no progress, at least publicly, in solving the brutal deaths of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Zana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in a three-story home in the college town. All four were members of the university’s Greek system and all were friends. Two students on the first floor escaped unhurt.

Moscow police have released bodcam footage from the evening of the murders, showing an officer going about his normal business around the compound.
Moscow police have released bodcam footage from the evening of the murders, showing an officer going about his normal business around the compound.
Moscow PD

Recently released video footage of a police stop involving students suspected of underage drinking has been flagged by internet sleuths.

Several people can be seen in the background of the video speeding past police on Taylor Avenue, just two houses down from the crime scene.

This happened just minutes before police said the students had been killed.

The victims took photographs just hours before their deaths.
The victims took photographs just hours before their deaths.
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A neighbor of the four students killed on 8 December also reported hearing a scream the night of the murder.

Inan Harsh, 30, who lives in an apartment building next to the off-campus home, said he returned from his job as a cook at around 1:30 a.m. on November 13 and later heard someone shouting, he said. Idaho Statesman,

As he woke up at 4 a.m., he assumed it was “party sounds” coming from the six-bedroom house at 1122 King St. in Moscow, where the murdered sorceress sisters often hosted weekend get-togethers.

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A makeshift memorial on the University of Idaho campus.
A makeshift memorial on the University of Idaho campus.
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“I didn’t think anything of it,” Hersh told the paper. “After what happened, I definitely had second thoughts. Maybe it didn’t sound like a party.

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