MOSCOW, Idaho — Four University of Idaho students are dead and the Moscow Police Department is not saying how they were killed, only referring to the incident as a homicide. We still don’t know much about the homicide, but we are starting to learn more about the students who lost their lives.
They all grew up in North Idaho: Coeur d’Alene, Post Falls, Rathdrum, and Priest Lake. All four students were clearly close friends.
Kaylee GonCalves, a 21-year-old, senior from Rathdrum, who graduated from Lake City High, majoring in General Studies in the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences.
Kaylee Gongcalves
The second victim, also a Lake City High graduate, Madison Mogen, also a 21-year-old senior from Coeur d’Alene, who was majoring in Marketing at the College of Business and Economics.
Madison Mogin
Kaylee & Madison were lifelong childhood friends.
Kaylee Gongcaves & Madison Mogin
Coeur d’Alene schools put out a statement reading in part, “The loss of our graduates Kaylee and Madison is heartbreaking. We join the University of Idaho in mourning the tragic loss of all four students.”
Ethan Chapin was a 20-year-old freshman, and a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He was majoring in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism Management at the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. Originally from Mount Vernon, Washington, he grew up spending time with his family at Priest Lake.
Ethan Chapin
Xana Kernodle, a 20-year-old junior from Post Falls, was majoring in Marketing in the College of Business and Economics and was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
Xana Kernodle
Xana posted a photo to social media just 2 weeks ago, wishing Ethan a Happy Birthday, with a caption including, “life is so much better with you in it, love you!”
Xana And Ethan
Mad Greek, a restaurant in the heart of downtown Moscow shared the tweet below, describing Xana and Madison. They’ve closed their doors for the day to process and grieve the loss of these students.
