MOSCOW, Idaho – The household of a College of Idaho scholar who was killed in a surprising house invasion assault alongside her boyfriend and two roommates has introduced an endowed scholarship in her honor.
“We’ve began a memorial endowment in Xana’s title to honor her reminiscence and preserve her legacy alive,” her cousin, Sheldon Kernodle, informed Fox Information Digital Thursday. “The Xana Kernodle Scholarship Endowment is a everlasting endowment, created in partnership with the College of Idaho Basis, that may assist and fund scholarships 12 months after 12 months for College of Idaho college students.
He stated the household can be contributing funds and matching donations.
“With the intention to create consciousness and lift as a lot cash as attainable in Xana’s title, the Kernodle Household shall be matching dollar-for-dollar donations as much as $10,000,” he added. “We’re asking anybody who’s keen and capable of donate any quantity they’re comfy with. Please know that no donation is just too small.”
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Xana Kernodle in an undated picture.
(Instagram @xanakernodle)
And endowed scholarship is a “present that retains on giving,” in accordance with US Financial institution. The funds are invested, and curiosity is used to pay for scholar scholarships each semester.
“We sincerely thanks upfront from the underside of our hearts,” he stated. “On the very least, we hope to create some good out of such a horrible and heartbreaking scenario.”
A Twitter thread consists of particulars on find out how to donate.
Kernodle was a advertising main and member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority.
The 20-year-old, her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, additionally 20, and 21-year-old roommates Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, have been attacked between 3 and 4 a.m. on Nov. 13, in accordance with Moscow police. The coroner dominated their deaths murder by stabbing.
Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, together with the ladies’s two different roommates in Kaylee Goncalves’ closing Instagram submit, shared the day earlier than the slayings.
(@kayleegoncalves/Instagram)
The three younger ladies lived collectively in a rental home just some steps off campus. Chapin lived a brief stroll away and was staying over.
Police have to this point introduced no suspects or arrests.
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Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle in an undated picture.
(Instagram/ @xanakernodle)
The Sigma Chi fraternity, of which Chapin was a member, has additionally created a memorial scholarship.
And Goncalves’ dad and mom have supported a pair of on-line fundraisers aiming to lift reward cash to supply in change for data that cracks the case.
Investigators say they’re searching for data on a white 2011 to 2013 Hyundai Elantra noticed within the space close to the time of the slayings and ask anybody with data to contact investigators by telephone or electronic mail. Digital media proof, like pictures or movies, could be submitted to the FBI at fbi.gov/moscowidaho.
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A cellphone picture of a pc display exhibiting a white automobile on Freeway 8 in Moscow, Idaho, round 3:45 a.m. on Nov. 13, in accordance with a clerk who discovered it whereas reviewing safety footage.
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Police have been taking a look at surveillance video taken throughout the quick space of the crime scene and are asking for any photos from outdoors the radius that will embody data related to the case.
