In a normal year, University of Idaho students would be bustling between classes and the library, cramming for finals and looking forward to winter break
BOISE, Idaho — — In a normal year, University of Idaho students would be bustling between classes and the library, readying for the pre-finals cramming period known as “dead week.”
A county coroner said they were likely asleep when they were attacked. Two weeks later investigators have yet to find a murder weapon — believed to be a military-style knife — or elaborate on why they think the killings were “targeted."“When we lose any students, especially under these circumstances, my heart is absolutely broken,” Eckles said.
Some community members started online fundraising campaigns to support family members and friends of the slain students. A university alum began raising money to equip women on campus with handheld personal safety alarms. By last week, Kerry Uhlorn had brought in more than $18,000, ordered more than 700 of the alarms and had plans to buy 900 more, Boise television station KTVB reported.
“It's the elephant in the room, right? It's hard to do that,” Eckles said. “Our faculty are also really understanding that it’s going to be a hard time for students to kind of focus and concentrate at this time. So they’re being very patient and leading with a lot of grace. And quite frankly, I think our students are doing that with our employees as well.”“We understand there is a sense of fear in our community,” the Moscow Police Department wrote on Nov. 27.
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