Glove Found Outside Idaho Student Murder Home Raises Questions

A glove discovered by a former homicide detective outside the house where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death is raising questions on social media.

Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Kernodle's boyfriend Ethan Chapin were found dead in an off-campus rental house in Moscow on November 13.

Four weeks on, police are still searching for their killer and remain tight-lipped about many aspects of the investigation.

But the killings have caught the attention of thousands of online sleuths who post about the case on Reddit and other social media forums.

On the r/idahomurders subreddit, a sole black glove that was spotted in late November, just within the perimeter of the crime scene tape surrounding the house, is getting renewed attention.

Chris McDonough, a retired homicide detective who hosts a podcast called The Interview Room, spoke about discovering the glove while visiting the crime scene in a video that was livestreamed on his YouTube channel on November 28.

While showing footage of the glove nestled among leaves in the snow outside the house, McDonough said that detectives appeared not to be aware of it until he pointed it out.

"I actually found a glove and turned it, I pointed it out to the officer who was there securing the scene and they came and they collected it," he said.

"The officer that was there, obviously, they didn't know about it because he came over and photographed it and he talked to the the evidence, they had evidence tech, and immediately, you know, later they come out and got it."

McDonough said the glove raised several questions, starting with whether it was there on the night the students were murdered.

"Is this from the night? Is it random i.e. somebody missed the trash can and they were walking by... Is the suspect taunting the authorities by you know placing something like this hypothetically?" he said.

A Reddit user posted McDonough's video on the subreddit on Sunday, writing that it was "crazy" that he found a glove on the ground that was not spotted by investigators.

One user replied: "I still can't get over the fact that they disregarded that glove for several days. It's probably nothing. But you can see it in other news footage & the drone video shot prior to this one."

Another person wrote that while every piece of evidence counts, "if I committed a crime, the last thing I'd do was leave a glove behind. I'd take every last bit of evidence as far away as possible and burn it."

Goncalves, Mogen and Kernodle, along with two other roommates, lived together inside the rented house located near the University of Idaho campus. Chapin, Kernodle's boyfriend, was sleeping over at the house on the night of the attack. There were two other female roommates who slept through the stabbings. Police have since ruled them out as potential suspects.

Police have not yet named a suspect in the murders, with much information about the quadruple homicide remaining unknown even as experts suspect police likely know more information about the case than they have released publicly.

Recent tests ran by an Idaho lab on the contents of the crime scene failed to identify a suspect.

Meanwhile, police announced several days ago that they have taken five vehicles to examine as part of their investigation. Authorities have not said who owns the vehicles, which have been parked outside the house since the night of the killings.

The Moscow Police Department has been contacted for comment.