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NOW: The press conference on the racism the University of Utah women’s team experienced in CDA was disrupted by Dave Reilly of the Idaho Freedom Foundation.
Something worth noting: We searched some social media platforms for Bryan Kohberger this morning, but there wasn't anything. Then, instagram accounts started appearing with his name with no posts. Be careful of what you believe on social media. Stuff doesn't add up.
It’s really frustrating for local journalists to see things like this after we’ve already asked these questions and gotten “can’t talk about that.” Local reporters are here doing the work and we know this community.
Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt tells
#Banfield
that the University of Idaho student murder victims were found in bed, and it's likely they were asleep.
#Moscow
Police are holding a press conference 1pm PST.
ISP PIO Aaron Snell said he can't share anything right now, but that it was important to be there or watch the presser. MPD will be streaming on their YouTube page.
#idaho4
idk if this is weird to say & i know it’s my job to report some of the bad things in the world, but im just really tired of the bad things in the world
And you know what?
@cornerclub
is a safe space for a lot of these kids. Including me, when I attended
@uidaho
. Many people there knew the victims. The staff there is family to each other. Don’t pretend you know anything about this community or what they’re dealing w/. Log off.
My grandma sent a box home with me. I didn’t open it until now.
She cut out and saved EVERY. SINGLE. STORY that I wrote for
@TheIdahoPress
.
Every single one. And if she missed the paper, she printed it out from online. I got home and cried. Lol.
I love local journalism.
To people messaging me; and my followers — i am doing absolutely everything i can right now. We are following up on EVERY story; we are addressing EVERY concern, and i will post our stories once we have them up about Boise Police and the U of I tragedy.
#NEW
: Records I got back from Whitman County, WA show
#BryanKohberger
changed his title of his white Hyundai Elantra from PA -> WA on Nov. 18, 2022 - five days after the murders took place in Moscow on Nov. 13.
According to the Kootenai Co human rights task force, the players were going to dinner when they were followed by a driver yelling the N word at them.
The driver FOLLOWED the women back to the hotel and contributed to harass them.
Coeur d’Alene Resort, the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations & CDA mayor are holding a press conference shortly on the racial harassment the University of Utah women’s basketball team said they experienced while staying there for NCAA.
Getting ready to head to Fruitland again this morning during an excavation looking for
#MichaelVaughan
.
I anticipate I’ll be tweeting a lot less.
At the same time, we are also working to get more information on the students at U of I who died in an apparent homicide.
BREAKING: We have the body camera footage of the police interview about the alleged racial harassment of the Utah team. I’ll have a story later today.
“Did you happen to get a plate?”
“It wasn’t even to that (point)”
Here’s a clip:
Coeur d’Alene Resort, the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations & CDA mayor are holding a press conference shortly on the racial harassment the University of Utah women’s basketball team said they experienced while staying there for NCAA.
Coeur d’Alene police just sent this release out about the Utah basketball team’s claims of racial harassment.
“The use of a racial slur was clearly audible.”
They are trying to identify this silver car:
“The game is over, ESPN will find something to do…we’ll put something on…We don’t care about football right now, we care about this young man”
-ESPN commentator
#BREAKING
Police are currently outside a home in Fruitland with tractors and a dumpster related to Michael Vaughan’s disappearance. We will keep you updated.
W/ the one year mark of the murders at the University of Idaho coming up on Monday, maybe it’s time that everyone does a little bit of self reflection.
So here’s some thoughts that no one asked for:
if anyone is feeling down today just know the federal courthouse bathroom door in Coeur d’Alene is so heavy it closed on me & i got halfway stuck in between it so i couldn’t escape, so two bailiffs had to come save me and they were laughing the entire time
#BREAKING
Chief Huff just confirmed Sarah Wondra, an occupant of the home they are excavating, may have had knowledge of Michael’s death and failed to report it. The credible lead came from someone else inside the home.
@SpokesmanReview
Manager says he spoke to the FBI & gave them footage of inside restaurant. The team looked fine coming in but he “could tell something was going on.”
He doesn’t have outside security footage. Lots of these businesses are only equipped with ones inside, it seems
I guess now is as good of a time than any, so here it goes:
In about 2 weeks I’ll be moving to Spokane where I’ll be your breaking news / crime reporter for the
@SpokesmanReview
. I’m so excited to head back to print journalism ! +
Just a reminder: Tomorrow, at 3:30 p.m., former Idaho lawmaker Aaron von Ehlinger will be sentenced for raping a 19-year-old statehouse intern.
I will be there and will be live-tweeting.
(I also have a good story tomorrow, not related, that I’m excited to share)
“…Talking to the coaches, and I could see something was going on. I was kind of worried, wondering, I thought it might have been us.”
Manager calls the incident “embarrassing.”
NEW: A
#UniversityofIdaho
professor has sued an internet sleuth for defamation, after the sleuth accused her on Tik Tok of murdering the four students in
#Moscow
. The videos have prompted multiple threats to the professor and her family, the suit said.
#NEW
Many Q’s about this:
According to the Latah County Clerk, the affidavit in
#BryanKohberger
case will be released after his initial hearing. Likely due to formally reading the charges first.
Truly, this is not some Netflix movie. Angela & I both went to school at U of I. We hear firsthand the impact this is having on the students there. Please, just be patient for information. The speculation is hurting those on campus.
I’m so disgusted by some of the speculation that continues to circulate online about the homicides in Moscow. And I can’t help but notice that many of the rumors are coming from people who don’t live in Idaho and probably couldn’t even point to it on a map. It’s sickening.
I have been on this scene for three days, and it’s really getting to me physically and emotionally. I know other reporters are feeling the weight, too. I will most likely not be tweeting anything further tonight.
I will be back out here tomorrow.
@SpokesmanReview
The police report of the incident was made by a donor of the basketball team. The team said they wanted to press charges if it happened again, it says
Saw a really great video of two ISP officers sledding with some
#UniversityofIdaho
students in Moscow. Through all this tragedy it’s good to see something lighthearted there.
Two massive investigations into two tragic cases are taking place in Idaho right now, and there’s a lot we don’t know about both of them.
It’s a good lesson to all to take breaks and prioritize mental health.
I cannot explain how grateful I am to
@SpokaneFire
for getting my dog Gravy out of the house today during a fire.
He’s fine (we lived in the bottom level). Praying for everyone else. I love ya Gravy 💘
UPDATE: Coeur d’Alene police say they have one video related to the racial harassment the Utah team says they experienced last week. PD won’t specify what the video shows.
“We are sending someone down to Utah to work with our federal counterparts.”
@SpokesmanReview
UPDATE; the manager of Crafted, the taphouse where the team went for dinner, said it actually wasn’t very busy on his side of the street that night.
Will have an updated story shortly
Hi there. We are refraining from reporting some information out there right now as not to jeopardize the investigation. For now, Chief Huff on scene said that he will not talk about the probable cause at this time because he wants to be able to successfully prosecute
I’m getting ready to go back out to Fruitland as crews resume their search for what they believe may be the remains of
#MichaelVaughan
in a backyard near Michael’s home.
@AbbyDavisKTVB
and I will be together today. I’ll update when I get there later.
I’m seriously upset tonight. I love that community and the students there. My friends are still going to school there. I loved going to school at U of I. Please keep them in your thoughts tonight
Four found dead near University of Idaho campus in Moscow - According to a Vandal Alert sent by the university, Moscow Police is actively investigating and said there is no active threat to the student community. via
@KTVB
I know
@DatelineNBC
will do a great job tonight about the tragedy in our college town. But my heart is still with Moscow. And like we always say: once a Vandal, always a Vandal
Nearby businesses said they didn’t see anything but the night was SUPER busy. Over 100 people downtown in the restaurants.
Pd came by for security footage but a couple businesses don’t have outdoor cameras.
@SpokesmanReview
If you’re new here, take a look at the history of Coeur d’Alene:
80s: downtown bombed by white supremacists.
90s: Aryans led parades, heiling Hitler.
“How can you not know the history?” Schleufer said. “They should’ve never put those players there.”
Sarah Wondra, the woman charged with the failure to report the death of
#MichaelVaughan
, has a status hearing at 9am MST today in Payette Co. I’ll be there to see if anything comes from it.
He said they believe more people have knowledge of this and will be seeking out those people. Her arraignment is at 1:30 today in Payette Co.
#MichaelVaughan
Dog handler is speaking to all investigators. They are nodding their heads. Can’t hear what she’s saying. Heard a couple of “good boy”. They are pointing to areas within the yard. Unsure if they found anything. I’ll ask later
The back hoe / tractor (?) left — it’s going to get an even bigger “scoop” — fire chief told me it’s to move things along faster. Said they got a slow start yesterday, and that they’ve peeled back the first couple layers of dirt. More layers to be dug up.
#MichaelVaughan
Hey y’all, I covered the first part of the Ethics hearing as much as I could, but as any person, I need a mental break. It was a lot to digest, I saw a lot today, and if the committee continues tomorrow I’ll be there but for the rest of today I will be a silent Twitter watcher.
I waitress on the weekends and I have yet to see more kind people than grumpy people who don’t tip. It’s unfair to me and it’s unfair to essential workers who have been struggling for two years. tip your waitstaff. it’s not an easy job. thanks for coming to my Ted Talk
Surveillance video only shows the inside when the team arrived.
Manager said, “the team looked still cheerful and happy when they came in, but I could tell something was going on. There was a couple of them that were going back and forth talking to the head coordinator…+
UPDATE: Lehigh, the man charged with driving a car into multiple people and yelling homophobic slurs has now been charged with arson in connection to the LGBTQA flag burning on Bannock Street. We also confirmed the existence of his YT channel, where he uses threatening language +
UPDATED STORY: Here’s why the University of Utah women’s team was in Coeur d’Alene, what the restaurant manager had to say, what the police report says & comments from others:
People on Twitter accusing a man they have no idea about and then blaming Moscow's local bar for "covering" for him. This is a problem, y'all.
To quote Chief Fry: "There's a lot of people who... want to be involved on the internet. We are the official source of information."
Love starting the day being called a piece of shit because I won’t give some crazy lady a last name. She’s “watched all the TikTok’s and knows everything”. Yo, the tip line is 208.883.7180 if you think you know something. All you’re going to get here is a hard time.
We pulled over last night on our way to a campground to look.
Five cowboys stop in their truck and go “you guys ok?”
I say “You haven’t seen the lights behind you?”
I have NEVER, in my LIFE, seen so many grown men scream, giggle and jump up and down with that much joy😭😭😭
Idk how many people have talked about this but I’ll say it, I guess.
Crime reporters go through some STUFF. It affects your *head*. After a huge trial I don’t think I’m the only one that faced struggles with it.
Anyways, support your local crime journalists.
State says Wondra is already on pretrial release for firearm charges. “This shows she is a danger to the community…” “there are serious implications in her being aware of his whereabouts…” State asks for $1 million bond
We are waiting to confirm more things PUBLICLY about the people living in the house. I cannot confirm anything yet on record. Huff DID say the house was NOT vacant when Michael went missing.
#MichaelVaughan
🔆some personal news🔆
I’m happy to announce that I’ve accepted a position as a digital content producer with
@KTVB
. I will be taking on an in-depth, investigative reporting role.
The Idaho Press raised me, and I am forever grateful to my colleagues and editors.
Stay tuned! 💫
Idaho has been in the spotlight lately, but it’s been quiet for Michael. The last update I have is that the investigation is still ongoing & police have made contact w/ people they think have knowledge of his disappearance. Don’t forget him.