'They can't even spell homicide': Moscow PD slammed over website error as Idaho murder probe drags on

'They can't even spell homicide': Moscow PD slammed over website error as Idaho murder probe drags on
Moscow PD has been criticized for a crucial spelling error on their website as their investigation into the murder of four University of Idaho students drags into the second month (City of Moscow Police Department/Facebook, @kayleegoncalves/Instagram)

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MOSCOW, IDAHO: As the investigation into the University of Idaho murders crosses the one-month mark without any suspect, eagle-eyed internet sleuths seem to have found something peculiar on the official Moscow Police Department website. One user on social media pointed out a possible ‘spelling’ error in the Moscow PD website where they mentioned ‘homicide’ as ‘homocide.’

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The user with the Twitter handle @TodayOnMyMind_ wrote, “The Moscow police have taken a few beatings over the investigation of the murder of the four students. I have to wonder about their investigative abilities when the police literally can’t even spell homicide. I think homocide is very different.” According to Britannica, 'Homicide’ refers to “the killing of one human being by another. Homicide is a general term and may refer to a noncriminal act as well as the criminal act of murder.” On the other hand, according to Urban Dictionary, “a twist on homicide, homocide is the killing of a homosexual person by another person, often committed by homophobic heterosexual people.”