re: UPDATE: Idaho Murders Thread (Links inside)

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Police now looking for a white 2011-2013 Hyundai Elantra…..

“ Investigators believe the occupant(s) of this vehicle may have critical information to share regarding this case”

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Here we go. There absolutely has to be some evidence of the perpetrator leaving, especially if he left by vehicle.

Yesterday, a man, James Curtis Leonard, was arrested in Moscow for threatening family with a knife then cutting himself. He was out on probation for a 2007 murder. Supposedly there is a white car in his driveway on the Google maps picture of his address.

Another new angle…Ethan paid Jack Katovich money on November 12th. A social media picture from Jack Katovich’s brother shows he (his brother) owns a white Elantra….

So, the two survivors have been cleared, right?

Can we get another J name in on this….I mean, the odds that the killer(s) name begins with a J has to be getting pretty good right now

Sorry, autocorrect for some reason. It’s Jack Katovich and the car belongs to his brother. Also appears that Jack was the first person to contribute to Ethan’s GFM page… a total of $6

Again, none of this has been verified by me or the police. Just passing along some new potential information that’s floating out there

No, from what I've read (on random twitters fwiw) he was Ethan's Fraternity brother. Possibly a pledge that drove them home that night and Ethan Venmoed him money for the ride home is one speculation. And that's why he sent $6 to the gofundme. Returning the money Ethan paid him for the ride that night.

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Possibly a pledge that drove them home that night and Ethan Venmoed him money for the ride home is one speculation. And that's why he sent $6 to the gofundme. Returning the money Ethan paid him for the ride that night.

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Lots of red herrings in this case. It will tie you up in knots. But ultimately, it won’t lead anywhere.

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Supposedly, there is also a white car in the background of the policeman’s bodycam footage, that was responding to a minor under the influence on campus at 3am

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They just released a statement yesterday (or day before) that the incident/alcohol offense at Taylor and Band Field at 3:01am on November 13th was getting a lot attention in local media but stated the “call” was not related to murders. Then pushed for any additional type of video between 3am to 6am from square section starting with Taylor as north boundary. Today push make, color, and years of vehicle they think was in area and could have significant info.

I don’t know quality of police cam or if make & model of car could have been made out from beginning, but they would have reviewed that police Video early on and held back on at least asking about a white car until today. Anyone in that square area probably has been approached or knows to look for video already. It looks like it’s less than a square mile with some undeveloped area or fields within as well.

If car make & model known and search for video exhausted releasing these updates/requests on consecutive days would feel like momentum in investigation and add some pressure to killer or someone giving killer an alibi.

Early on they either belatedly decided to look into a tire track or were making a show of it. Same with search of back wooded area and trash.

Dog has had a couple of staggered releases including finding one. Similar with additional people at house when police arrived, surviving Roommates, and call to police.

It’s hard to decide if car is a new break and stuff is about to start happening; if a pressure tactic using old info to see if someone in particular panics; or if they sat on white car for too long, still playing catch up, and throwing out Hail Marys.

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Ethan Chapin paid a Jack Katovich money at 10:40 pm on November 12. You can look that up on Venmo. It is still on there.

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There’s also some unconfirmed reports coming from the mother that suggests E and X were not at the fraternity from 9:00 until 1:45am, but might have left and went to a bar at some point. Which would make sense if Jack K dropped them off at a bar $6 makes sense and he gave it back in the GFM….I’m sure the police have interviewed him. They’ve done over 200 interviews according to the last report. Someone getting Venmo’d a few hours before the killing would probably be one of the top 200 to talk to