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As DROPS of students and others gather together to mourn for University Idaho students slaughtered in their sleep, the question remains, who's the killer?

I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us here at Fox Nation and Series XM111.

An eerie silence inside the Kibbedome before tonight's vigil, the sound of buzzing and beeping metal detectors made more noise than the thousands of students who stood on the field to honor the life and memory of Ethan, Zanna, Kayleigh, and Madison, who were found stabbed to death in this home off campus 17 days ago.

Candles weren't allowed inside the Kibbedome, so students instead lit up their phones as the names of each student were read aloud during a moment of silence, a pillar of light representing each life lost.

We don't know how long this investigation will take and we don't know the why behind this horrific act.

But what we do know is we will all go through this together.

Zanna Cronotel's family was not here tonight, and you know the elephant in the room, obviously the killer still out there, but were they here tonight at this vigil standing alongside students?

That's a question some people are wondering.

You're hearing our friends over at KREM, but the big question even touching on the vigil is a bombshell just dropped by Idaho police.

Take a listen, our friend Brian Enten.

We interviewed the prosecutor. He said that one of the victims was not targeted, that the residents was targeted, and then today said something totally different to a different reporter.

We've been trying to figure it out, and I just got an email from the police department saying that this has been an internal miscommunication, and I want to read this.

This is a quote, a quote now by the prosecutor.

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you. We want to let you know that there was a miscommunication between detectives and my office to clarify investigators do not believe the murders were random, but we cannot unequivocally state the residents or any occupants were specifically targeted.

I apologize for any confusion, and then it goes on to say in big bold letters correction. Conflicting information has been released over the past 24 hours.

The prosecutor's office stated the suspect specifically looked at the residents and that one or more of the occupants were undoubtedly targeted.

It was spoken with the prosecutor's office and identified that was a miscommunication detectives do not currently know if the residents or any occupants were specifically targeted but continue to investigate.

Okay, this is a big deal, and it was not an, quote, internal miscommunication.

Multiple people within the police force and the DA's office has said these four murders were targeted. One or more of the college students were the target of a killer, a knife killer.

That's not a miscommunication. This is a change in forensic strategy with me and I'll start a panel before I go to crime reported with Fox News Digital Stephanie Pagona's first to Joe Scott Morgan, Professor Forensics, Jacksonville State University, author of a bleb beneath my feet on Amazon and star of the hit series Body Bag with Joe Scott Morgan, Joe Scott.

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