Newly released bodycam footage reveals authorities previously responded to a wild party at the off-campus house where four University of Idaho students were slain on November 13, and even spoke to one of the victims via phone.
In the video obtained by the true crime YouTube channel “Truth & Transparency,” Moscow police officers are seen addressing a noise complaint at 1122 King Road on the night of Sept. 1, 2022.
After knocking on the door for about 10 minutes, the officers are greeted by a raucous party of young people, one of whom informs them that the residents are not home.
The police interrupted a raucous party at 1122 King Road on Sept. 1. Moscow Police Department via Tru
Police on the scene at 1122 King Road this week. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post
Investigators have made little progress in the several weeks since the stabbing. Kevin C. Downs for NY Post“They left and went to another party,” a man tells the frustrated officers, seemingly referring to Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and Xana Kernodle, 20, as well their two other housemates.
Mogen, Goncalves, Kernodle and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20, were found stabbed to death at the King Road house just over two months later, on Nov. 13. The two additional housemates, who were home at the time of the murders, were unharmed.
After a tense moment in which an officer demands that the students “quit [playing] games,” they manage to contact Mogen.
Here’s the latest coverage on the brutal killings of four college friends:
- Why Bryan Kohberger’s guilty plea means he may get the last laugh — and torment his victims further
- Byran Kohberger’s former criminology professor fears her serial-killer courses inspired him
- Prosecutors offered Bryan Kohberger a plea deal despite a mountain of damning evidence — here’s what they had
- Deluded Bryan Kohberger fans known as ‘probergers’ insist he’s innocent – despite guilty plea deal: ‘Reeks of a coverup’
- Families of slaughtered Idaho students vow to fight Bryan Kohberger plea deal: ‘Idaho has failed’
Speaking to one of the officers over the phone, Mogen — who identifies herself as “Maddie” — can be heard saying she was “so sorry” for the inconvenience.
“I’m just frustrated,” she tells the officer.
While it is unclear where Mogen was when she took the call, the officer then advises her to “just come home.”
The house where four University of Idaho students were slain on Nov. 13. James KeivomThe September bodycam footage is the latest twist in the slow-moving case, as investigators struggle to come up with a suspect more than one month after the shocking slayings. Earlier this week, police were photographed inspecting the King Road property through a dusting of snow.
On Monday, the Moscow Police Department announced it had received 10,000 tips hoping to identify the culprit.
“We’re reviewing all those tips, we’re checking to ensure that we have individuals who look at those tips and any piece of evidence that they can link to this case, they’re doing so,” Chief James Fry said in an interview this week.
Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin hours before their deaths.
The police spoke to Madison “Maddie” Mogen on the phone. Moscow Police Department via Tru
The police initially knocked on the door for 10 minutes. Moscow Police Department via TruShortly after the killings, neighbors in the busy college town neighborhood remembered the King Road residence as a “party house.”
“There were a lot of people that went into and out of that house pretty frequently,” Jeremy Reagan, a law student who lived near the victims, told reporters at the time.
