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Especially when the county attorney said the residence itself may have been targeted.The way I look at it - the property owner is a financial victim here. We don't know how many properties they own. This could be a major financial disruption for them. If the owner is financially able to make some kind of major gesture, the victims' families would probably appreciate it. But, I do think they have every right to continue earning income from their property.
C/P is long to keep LE's comments
in context:
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Were Idaho murder victims targeted? Police still unsure as families wait in anguish
The police said they do believe the attack was targeted, but do not know whether the attacker targeted the students or their residence.
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The latest statement from Moscow police comes after saying it was a "miscommunication" when the county prosecutor said at least one of the victims was "undoubtedly targeted" in the attack.
"Our clarification last night directly addressed comments made by Latah County Prosecutor Thompson, who said the suspect(s) specifically looked at this residence, and that one or more of the occupants were undoubtedly targeted," a police spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News, which marked the bureau's latest update amid an ongoing investigation involving multiple law enforcement agencies. "We remain consistent in our belief that this was indeed a targeted attack but have not concluded if the target was the residence or its occupants."
The police department's most recent announcement came after it appeared to backtrack on previous statements about the nature of the killings.
"Conflicting information has been released over the past 24 hours," the department said on Wednesday. Moscow police cited earlier statements from the Latah County Prosecutor's Office, suggesting that "the suspect(s) specifically looked at" the residence where all four students were stabbed to death in mid-November, "and that one or more of the occupants were undoubtedly targeted."
"We have spoken with the Latah County Prosecutor's Office and identified this was a miscommunication," police said in the news release. "Detectives do not currently know if the residence or any occupants were specifically targeted but continue to investigate."