Idaho homicide cops are ‘confident’ person in white Hyundai Elantra has ‘critical information’ on the case

Idaho Police are “confident” the white Hyundai Elantra spotted near the scene where four students were brutally murdered contains “key information” in the case.

Moscow Police Captain Roger Lanier said Thursday they are combing through a database of 22,000 registered white Hyundai Elantras that match their criteria, which they sort.

Stressing that police still need help from the public, Lanier said the 22,000 “may not all” be white Elantras in the area.

Police are investigating video footage from an Exxon Mobil gas station showing a vehicle driving by around 3:45 a.m. on November 13. About a mile from Maddie Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20, were stabbed to death as they slept at their off-campus home between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.

On December 7, police released the critical messages they were looking for speaking to the occupant or occupants of a white 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra they said was in the “immediate vicinity” of the victims’ home on Nov. 13 when the killings took place, ABC News reported.

On December 7, police broke the critical news that they wanted to speak to the occupant or occupants of a white 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra they said was in the “immediate vicinity” of the home on November 13 of the victims when the killings took place

Police said they are investigating surveillance video of an Exxon Mobil gas station in Moscow showing the white car on the morning of November 13

“Maybe one of your neighbors has one in the garage that he doesn’t drive that often. Maybe there’s one that just isn’t in the registry,’ the captain said. ‘Let us know.’

On Thursday, Kaylee’s grieving parents, Kristi and Steven Goncalves, asked local businesses to search surveillance footage after a gas station attendant found a cut-out of a white Hyundai on the night of the unsolved murders.

They expressed grave concern that they could lose vital evidence as time is of the essence, especially as their daughter’s gruesome death on Tuesday marked a month. They are urging local businesses to review surveillance footage for other leads.

she said Good morning America that many of these little video cameras have a 24 hour mark, there is a 7 day mark, a 1 month.

“We meet the month [mark]’ said Steven, Kaylee’s father. ‘If the crucial part of the evidence lies outside of it [time frame]then we have to get it now.’

Xana Kernodle’s family has been working to get their own leads by distributing flyers on the University of Idaho campus and to local residents. Their goal, the family said, is to distribute 5,000 flyers, the news outlet reported

Kristi Goncalves called her daughter’s killer “methodical,” ABC News reported.

‘I think he thought it through really well. I think he was fast, I think he was calm. And he got in and out,’ said Kristi.

There are currently no suspects. Two of the roommates, who were home at the time of the killings but most likely overslept, are not suspects, police said.

Idaho Police said the four University of Idaho students were murdered in their sleep between 3 and 4 a.m. on November 13. (Pictured: victims Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Maddie Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and 20-year-old Ethan Chapin)

Kristi and Steven Goncalves fear they may lose vital evidence as it has passed a month since their daughter’s death. They are now urging local businesses to check the surveillance footage for other clues

Captain Roger Lanier – Moscow Police hold a press conference