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Police investigating the slaughter of four University of Idaho students have asked the manager of a local store owner whether he sold a “Rambo”-style knife known as KA-BAR to anyone.
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Police seek ‘Rambo’-style knife in probe of Idaho student murders: report
By Yaron Steinbuch
November 17, 2022 7:32am Updated
Police investigating the brutal slaughter of four University of Idaho students appear to be searching for a “Rambo”-style knife in the slayings, a local store owner said.
Moscow Building Supply general manager Scott Jutte told the Idaho Statesman that a police officer stopped by the retailer more than once this week to inquire about the possible sale of a KA-BAR brand combat blade.
“They were specifically asking whether or not we carry KA-BAR-style knives, which we do not,” Jutte told the paper. “If we did, we could’ve reviewed surveillance footage. But it wasn’t something I could help them with.”
He said the tactical knives used by US Marines in the 1940s are “similar to the knife Rambo has,” Jutte added, referring to the Vietnam vet character famously played by Sylvester Stallone.
“(KA-BAR) is more of a combat knife. It’s not really something that we specialize in,” added Jutte, who said his store sells mostly hunting knives.
KA-BAR knife
Police have reportedly asked the manager of a local store whether he sold a “Rambo”-style knife that may have been used to slaughter four University of Idaho students.
KA-BAR.
On its website, KA-BAR, of Olean, New York, describes its signature blade as its “most famous knife.”
The “knives became so well recognized for their quality and so abundant in number that ‘Kabar’ became the name by which many referred to this knife pattern, regardless of whether the knife was manufactured at the actual KA-BAR facility,” it says.
“Today, the original USMC Fighting and Utility Knife remains the first choice for many men and women of service who carry it as their personal knife option,” the company adds.
Blood oozing from walls of house where four students murdered in Idaho.
Police sources said the crime scene where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death was the “worst they’ve ever seen.”
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The off-campus home where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death
The off-campus home where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death
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On Wednesday, Moscow police Capt. Anthony Dahlinger would neither confirm nor deny to the Statesman that investigators from the department visited the store or interviewed Jutte.
“I can’t speak to that. I don’t have any new information to share,” he told the paper.
Police did not respond to the request for comment Thursday.
Kaylee Gonclaves and Madison Mogen
Kaylee Gonclaves (left) and Madison Mogen (right) were both seniors and were both from Idaho.
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Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin
Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were believed to be in a relationship before their deaths.
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News about the knife comes after Moscow Police Chief James Fry provided an update about the shocking crime, saying a murder weapon has not yet been found.
The murders of Ethan Chapin, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, rocked the school community and prompted many students to vacate campus ahead of Thanksgiving break.
No suspect or motive has been determined in the slayings.
Blood can be seen oozing out of the side of the off-campus house.
Blood can be seen oozing out of the side of the off-campus house.
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Meanwhile, it has emerged that another incident involving a knife at the University of Idaho occurred in September when campus security sent out a so-called “Vandal Alert” to staff and students, Fox News reported.
Using the subject line “Threat with Knife,” the alert from Sept. 12 read: “The Moscow Police Department received a report that a group of students was walking between the Steam Plant parking lot (Lot #14) and the Student Recreation Center on Paradise Path and were threatened by a person with a knife,” according to the news outlet.
“No individual was harmed in the incident, but campus community members are advised to be cautious,” added the alert, which a concerned parent shared with Fox News Digital.
Slain University of Idaho students
The four victims were all friends at the college.
The suspect was described as a man between the ages of 18 and 22, wearing black clothes and a black baseball cap, and riding a mountain bike.
Police declined to comment to Fox News about the incident, whether the suspect was caught, or whether the incident could be connected to the gruesome murder that occurred about a mile away.
“I have no information on that at this time,” Dahlinger told Fox News Digital, which said a school spokesperson didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
Knife alert from September
Image of a “Vandal Alert” about a knife incident in September at the university.
In his update Wednesday, Fry said two roommates were inside the off-campus home where the four students were found dead and that the 911 call wasn’t made until hours later.
He also backtracked about how concerned the community should be about an ongoing threat after authorities originally said the public was not in danger following the quadruple homicide.
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