When four University of Idaho students were murdered last Nov. 13 in an off-campus home in Moscow, the town was beyond shocked. 
Such tragedies do not happen in places such as Moscow more times than not. Perhaps the occasional traffic fatality, drug overdose etc. would befall a town that is about 25,000 in population. But a quadruple murder? No, such things are not typical of a place like this town in Northwest Idaho.
Flash-forward a little more than seven months later and there seem to be more questions than answers.
While 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger remains in a Moscow jail, charged with four felony counts of murder a single count of burglary, this is far from a slam dunk case.
Yes, I bought into the police and media narrative early on that this was a case of a stalker seeking his prey in the form of one or more young college women. While that still may end up being what pans out, I turned more towards something along the lines of a targeted hit on one or more of the individuals killed that early November morning.
While I still have plenty of questions related to this case, one that continues to stand out to me is why have there been no toxicology reports released on the four victims?
Yes, such reports tend to be more commonplace when death is due to a vehicle accident or something similar.
Why would the state want toxicology reports on four young adults who were stabbed to death?
Stop for a minute and think about the possibility one or more of the victims may have been drugged prior to being killed. Does it sound far-fetched? Yes, to some it may. To others, however, the thought that one or more of the victims could be an easier target and not as able to defend themselves if drugged is a possibility.
It is not uncommon for toxicology reports to be released anywhere from four to six months following a death.
Now, you may argue that this case involving four deaths would take longer to divulge such reports. Flip to the other side of the coin and you’d think if anything there would be more effort and speed to get such news out there to the public. Among the reasons to do this would be to quell any wild rumors etc.
While understand the need to have a gag order in place for such a high-profile case, the gag order in the Idaho 4 deaths seems to go beyond the norm.
From not releasing the toxicology reports to not making public the 911 call at 11:58 a.m. on Nov. 13 and more, there are many questions to still be answered.
If we discover no toxicology tests were done on Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, should that be a concern? It would seem any medical examiner looking to get all the facts possible would order toxicology reports for murder victims. Finding out if there were in fact drugs of any kind in their systems could prove relevant to the case.
With no toxicology reports in the Idaho 4 case made public, we’re left to wonder if in fact they were done at all.
In the event they were not done, it would be yet one more chapter in a case that continues to have more questions than answers seven months out.
DavidAlanThomas 