Idaho Police Faced with Multiple Tips on Hyundai Elantra, Now Directing Calls to FBI Call Center

The Moscow Police Department has been inundated with tips and leads over the past 24 hours about a white 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra that was found in the “vicinity area” of the home where four University of Idaho students were killed last month.

Calls to the tip are now routed to an FBI call center that is better equipped to handle the volume of information.

“The Global Call Center has the resources to receive these calls, categorize them and forward them so that investigators can use these tips in their investigation,” the Moscow Police Department said Thursday.

Police first announced Wednesday that they were looking for the vehicle, saying the passenger or passengers may have “critical information” about the murders.

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The car’s license plate number is unknown, and authorities say only “tips and leads” led them to the car.

A front view of the Idaho home where four students were killed.
(Adam Sabes/)

Ethan Chapin, 20, Hana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, and two other female roommates in Kaylee Goncalves’ last Instagram post were the day before the murder.
(@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)

A month into the quadruple murder investigation, police have yet to identify a suspect or find the murder weapon.

Authorities believe 20-year-old Ethan Chapin, 20-year-old Hana Kernodle, 21-year-old Madison Mogen and 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves were stabbed to death between 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. on Nov. 13.

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The four victims returned to their three-story residence a block off campus just before 2 a.m., police said.

Belongings of four University of Idaho homicide victims are removed from a home in Moscow, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022.
(for Derek Shook)

Members of the public can call in tips 208-883-7180, e-mail tipline@ci.moscow.id.us or provide digital media Here.