After saying they just weren’t sure, cops on Thursday insisted the attack was “targeted”—but they don’t know whether the Idaho students or the house they lived in was the target.
were found savagely stabbed to death in bed, police have spent the latter half of this week repeatedly flip-flopping on a key detail in the hunt for their killer.Kaylee Goncalves
On Wednesday, police said the quadruple homicide may not have been “targeted” at all—the biggest development in the case in over a week. On Thursday, however, cops walked back that declaration—tellingin a statement that it was a “targeted attack,” but cops remain unsure as to whether it was the students who were targeted or the house in which they lived.
“The Latah County Prosecutor’s Office stated the suspect specifically looked at this residence, and that one or more of the occupants were undoubtedly targeted,” the PD said. The sister of one of the victims said earlier this week that the families were left baffled by police claiming the killings were “targeted.”
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