Idaho murders: Scream caught on bodycam night of teen murders

The bodycam of a police officer has picked up a high-pitched sound on the night four students were murdered in their beds.

A police officer’s bodycam picked up a high-pitched sound that could have been a scream on the night four University of Idaho college students were slaughtered in their beds.

The sound was recorded at 3.12am on November 13, by a Moscow, Idaho police officer responding to an incident unrelated to the murders but also near the university campus, according to The Daily Mail.

The sound was heard around the time the students were killed, and while some think it was a scream, others speculated it could also be the squeal of car tires pulling away, the NY Post reports.

The scene of the University of Idaho murders. Picture: KXLY

So far, the police have not made much if any progress, at least publicly, in solving the savage deaths of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in the three-story home in the college town.

The four were members of the university’s Greek system and all were friends. Two students on the first floor were left unscathed.

The newly released video footage, of a police stop involving students suspected of underage drinking, had been flagged by internet sleuths.

University of Idaho murder victims and two housemates that survived, left to right, Dylan Mortensen, Kaylee Goncalves with Madison Mogen on shoulders, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernolde and Bethany Funke. Picture: Instagram

Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen. Picture: Instagram

Several people can also be seen moving quickly past police on Taylor Avenue in the background of the video, just two houses down from the scene of the crime.

It occurred just minutes before police said the students were killed.

On December 8, a neighbour of the four slain students also reported hearing a scream on the night of the murders.

Inan Harsh, 30, who lives in an apartment building next to the off-campus home, said he returned from his job as a cook around 1.30am on November 13 and later heard someone yell, he told the Idaho Statesman.

Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen. Picture: Instagram

As he dozed off around 4am, he assumed it was a “party sound” coming from the six-bedroom house at 1122 King Street in Moscow, where the slain sorority sisters would often host get-togethers on weekends.

“I didn’t think anything of it,” Harsh told the paper. “After what happened, I’ve definitely had second thoughts. Maybe it was not a party sound.”

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