Murder In Moscow: A Look Into The Life Of The Moscow 4 (Part 2)

Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin had been living recognizable college lives filled with friendships, relationships, school, work and plans for the future before they were murdered in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022. Mogen and Goncalves had been best friends since childhood and had remained inseparable through high school and into the University of Idaho, where they eventually lived together. Goncalves had recently purchased a Range Rover and had been preparing to move to Texas for a marketing job, while Mogen had worked hard academically and had made the dean’s list. Kernodle had endured a much more difficult childhood marked by instability and her parents’ struggles with drugs, but she had grown into an outgoing, optimistic young woman who appeared determined not to let those circumstances define her. At college she had built a close circle of friends and had begun dating Chapin, a popular 20-year-old student who was one of triplets and belonged to Sigma Chi. Chapin’s parents had visited him only about a week before the murders and had driven home believing their children were happily established in college and beginning their adult lives.On November 12, 2022, the four students had spent what initially appeared to be an ordinary Saturday night in Moscow. Mogen and Goncalves had gotten ready together before going to the Corner Club and later stopping at a food truck, while Kernodle and Chapin had attended a party at the nearby Sigma Chi fraternity house. Goncalves had only recently returned to Moscow, in part to show Mogen her new vehicle, making the visit one of the final chapters in a friendship that had lasted nearly a decade. The home on King Road had been known as a lively gathering place filled with music, friends and parties, fitting comfortably into a college town that had gone years without a homicide and was widely regarded as safe. By the following morning, however, Mogen, Goncalves, Kernodle and Chapin had all been killed inside the house, abruptly ending four young lives that had been moving in very different directions but had become closely intertwined at the University of Idaho. Their deaths transformed an ordinary college residence and a quiet community into the center of a massive murder investigation that would soon draw national attention.to contact me:[email protected]:https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/02/idaho-murders-victims-alleged-killer