‘She loved her dog and enjoyed EDM music’: Tribute paints 'sweet' picture of slain Idaho student Xana Kernodle

‘She loved her dog and enjoyed EDM music’: Tribute paints 'sweet' picture of slain Idaho student Xana Kernodle
Days after the Idaho murder, an obituary for Xana Kernodle has painted a beautiful picture of who she was (xanakernodle/Instagram)

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MOSCOW, IDAHO: Law enforcement has yet to identify the suspect(s) who brutally murdered four University of Idaho students. In the early morning hours of November 13, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, and Ethan Chapin were stabbed to death in an off-campus three-story rented home. Weeks after their murder, an obituary for Kernodle paints a beautiful picture of who the student was.

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"Xana was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, at Kootenai Health Hospital on July 5, 2002. Xana grew up in Post Falls and was a talented gymnast as a child. She attended Post Falls Middle and High School, where she played volleyball, track and soccer until she graduated in 2020. During high school she worked at Texas Roadhouse and went on to attend the University of Idaho, where she majored in marketing and was an active member of Pi Beta Phi sorority and the Vandal Solutions Sales Team. When she wasn't participating in these activities, she was working at her part-time job at Mad Greek Restaurant in Moscow, Idaho," the tribute reads.