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Wow! One of the families of the murdered University of Idaho students consider hiring a lawyer to get information from the police!
As we pointed out, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernoldeand Ethan Chapin were stabbed to death at their off-campus residence in Moscow, Idaho last month. More than three weeks after the gruesome murdersthe Moscow Police Department has not yet found the murder weapon or identified a suspect. However, they have made a new development in the case as they are looking for the occupant(s) of a white Hyundai Elantra, who “may have critical information to share”. Other than that, little has come out of their investigation so far.
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The families of the four University of Idaho students are growing frustrated with the way law enforcement is handling the investigation, especially Kaylee’s parents. They already have hired a private detective to help with the case, say The New York Post that the Moscow investigators were “inexperienced”. And now, Steve Goncalves revealed to Fox News Digital this week that he is also hiring a lawyer to get the police to release more evidence and details about their daughter’s case:
“There are things we can ask for and things we can do to get to the truth faster. You have to fill out forms to get this evidence. I don’t know how to do this.
The father told the outlet that he is fed up with the authorities’ lack of information and hopes a lawyer will pressure them to provide answers to the victim’s families:
“They screwed up a million times. But I can’t say that because what experience does Steve have? He does not know. He’s just a father who woke up one day and found his life turned upside down.
Terrible. A grieving parent shouldn’t have to go this far just to get answers…
Already, the MPD has been criticized for going back and forth with their theory whether or not these brutal killings were a personal and targeted attack. They backtracked after the Latah County prosecutor Bill Thompson claimed that “investigators believe this attack was directed at a specific person,” previously explaining on Facebook:
“We spoke with the Latah County District Attorney’s Office and identified that this was a misunderstanding. Detectives do not currently know if the residence or any occupants were specifically targeted, but are continuing to investigate.
However, the department then reversed its statement a few days later:
“We remain consistent in our belief that this was a targeted attack, but investigators have not concluded whether the target was the residence or the occupants.”
No wonder the Goncalves family are fed up…Steve commented on the changing stories at Fox News Digitalsaying:
“There seems to be confusion everywhere you look. It’s just absurd the kind of stuff that’s going on right now.
He also criticized the MPD’s decision to quickly eliminate suspects without sharing their alibis:
“If you don’t share your alibi, you’re afraid your alibi isn’t strong enough to share with the community because it gives them a chance to peer review it.”
For now, as far as potential suspects go, they’ve ruled out two roommateswho were home and unharmed during the murders, as well as her daughter’s family alleged stalker. He then took aim at investigators denying any connection between Kaylee’s murder and the unsolved stabbings in Oregon and Washington:
“Don’t treat us like we’re a bunch of little kids. You say it’s unrelated. So tell us why it’s not linked.
We will have to see if hiring a lawyer will help the Gonçalves and the other families of the victims obtain additional information about this case. Any reactions? Let us know in the comments below.
[Image via Fox News/YouTube, Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram]