Idaho massacre: Student finds suspicious footprints in snow less than a mile from quadruple murder scene

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According to Newsweek, the police report says that "Footsteps in the snow up to her back patio. Weren't there when she left for class at 1300.". With panic striking the people in Idaho since the murders, there has been an increase in 911 calls, reports the Moscow police. 

Explaining in a press release on November 27, police said, "We understand there is a sense of fear within our community. Since November 13th, the department has received 78 calls for unusual circumstances and 36 requests to check the welfare of loved ones, an increase from 70 and 18, respectively, for all of October." and since the update, the press log has shown the increase of additional calls made to 911.

Seeking the support of the community with regard to providing them with information or leads, the Moscow police investigation is still in progress. The weapon used to stab the students is the major evidence required and the police are still on the hunt to locate it.

On examination, the investigators believe that a "fixed-blade knife" was used by the murderer to stab the students, and based on this, the police have been speaking to local store owners about whether they have recently seen anyone purchasing the type of blade they suspect, stated the police in a previous press release.

According to Newsweek's previous report, "The possibility that there is a fifth blood type/DNA there from the suspect's blood is huge and I think that is what the FBI and ISP [Idaho State Police] went in to try and find to actually identify all the blood types," states Mark Fuhrman, an ex-detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. 

Suggesting that the attacker may have accidentally hurt himself during the murder as they noted the "blood is slippery", the former detective says that "the suspect is walking in blood—there should be a shoeprint, a footprint, a bootprint, there should be something at that scene."

The Idaho student's 911 call, reporting the strange footprints she found near her home which is hardly a mile from the murder scene seemingly adds to the previous suspicion of the ex-detective.