Similarities in Unsolved Stabbings: 2021 Oregon Fatal Stabbing of Sleeping Couple & Moscow Idaho Quadruple Murder — Both Incidents Involved an Unknown Man With Large Knife in Early Morning Hours
Online Sleuths See Similarities in Unsolved Stabbings
While detectives continue piecing together details involving a quadruple murder in Moscow, Idaho on November 13, individuals online have brought up a similar stabbing case that took place in 2021 in Marion County, Oregon. Both cases involved an unknown attacker entering the victims household and stabbing them while they slept.
Striking similarities in both incidents have sparked the curiosity of online sleuths, such as, both incidents taking place in rural areas, both incidents taking place in the early hours of the morning, and both incidents involving victims who were attacked while sleeping in their homes.
Below is a map showing the locations of both incidents. On the right is the location of the Moscow, Idaho murder scene where 4 University of Idaho students were murdered. On the left is the location of the Marion County, Oregon incident where both victims were stabbed as they slept.
More similarities can be found while searching online discussion of the 2021 incident. One individual described the incident as a “crime of passion,” a statement echoed by the Mayor of Moscow, Idaho following the fatal quadruple stabbing of 4 university students.
Identical questions have been raised online regarding both incidents.
In both cases, authorities have asked the public for any and all details that might lead to the identification and apprehension of a suspect. So far, officials have yet to publicly identify any suspect in either case.
While authorities have revealed little detail surrounding the Moscow Idaho murder of 4 University students, even less is known about the murder in Oregon. Authorities in Oregon have not described the assailant, even though there was a survivor, nor has there been any release of information regarding anything the attacker may have said during the altercation.
We will continue to follow this story and provide details as they are made available.