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SPEAKER_00: Today is 11/18/2022 at about 11:22 hours. SPEAKER_00: This is detective Wesley William with the Idaho State Police. SPEAKER_00: I'm here with, uh, trooper Kristen Noah. SPEAKER_00: We are going to reach out to, and the last name is spelled Edward Number will be He has been, um, identified as who may have been the last to see Ethan and Xana alive, uh, in the early morning hours of 11/13/2022. SPEAKER_00: So I'm gonna go ahead and reach out to him and put him on speakerphone and see if he's willing to talk for a more for a moment. SPEAKER_00: Again, that number is SPEAKER_01: Hello? SPEAKER_00: Hello. SPEAKER_00: This is detective Layman with the Idaho State Police. SPEAKER_00: Is this SPEAKER_01: Yes, ma'am. SPEAKER_00: I'm sorry. SPEAKER_00: I'm not gonna be able to pronounce your last name. SPEAKER_00: Can it's a beautiful last name. SPEAKER_01: Yep. SPEAKER_01: Basque. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: So the reason why I'm reaching out to you, we are following up with the today. SPEAKER_01: Uh-huh. SPEAKER_00: Things have kind of needed to be expedited, so I'm gonna reach out to you by phone and has said that you may be one of the people who was with Zaina and Ethan in the early Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Hours. SPEAKER_00: I'll just let you speak for a moment. SPEAKER_00: Tell me about that. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: I was with him. SPEAKER_01: We were at the SIGNAI party. SPEAKER_00: K. SPEAKER_01: It ended at 01:00. SPEAKER_01: And we went back down to my SPEAKER_00: K. SPEAKER_01: And went down there to grab a couple things. SPEAKER_01: And then we went back into the lodge, and Zen and Ethan were in the lodge with my girlfriend and I. SPEAKER_01: And that's the last time I saw them. SPEAKER_01: They said they were gonna come with us, but nobody remembers them coming with us there. SPEAKER_01: I've asked all of the because we heard we went to AGR, another fraternity right there, neighboring to us. SPEAKER_01: And I asked them, and they don't remember them being there. SPEAKER_01: So I'm pretty positive they weren't there. SPEAKER_00: They were not at AGI. SPEAKER_00: And that is AGR. SPEAKER_00: AGR. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Alpha gamma rho? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: And that is is that considered the lodge? SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: The lodge is at Sigma Chi. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: So, um, what is your apartment number? SPEAKER_00: And, um, what is your girlfriend's name? SPEAKER_00: Is that SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: And her last name? SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Do you can you describe what Ethan and Xana were wearing the last you saw them? SPEAKER_01: Oh, shoot. SPEAKER_01: I I don't remember what they were wearing. SPEAKER_01: I know Ethan and I were at, uh, Kappa Alpha Theta's formal. SPEAKER_01: Ethan went to that. SPEAKER_01: And he might have been in his nice clothes still, but I honestly can't remember. SPEAKER_00: Uh, so there was a formal before the Sigma Chi party? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: For a different for a sorority house The one that, uh, Eaton is a part of. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Um, which sorority was that? SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: And that was, um, a formal party? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: The party at the lodge at Sigma Chi, was that a formal party? SPEAKER_00: Or SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: It wasn't a formal. SPEAKER_00: Did it have a theme at all? SPEAKER_01: The theme was, like, ESPN. SPEAKER_01: So it's like a sports theme, like jerseys, that type of thing. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Do you remember them having any kind of sports apparel on? SPEAKER_00: Really don't. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: I'm sorry. SPEAKER_00: No worries. SPEAKER_00: I'm sorry to put you through this. SPEAKER_00: Know this is really And just to kind of maybe jog your memory, do you remember taking any photos with them that night? SPEAKER_01: I looked on my camera roll and my Snapchat memories, and I don't have anything past anything from after the formal party where Ethan and I were in our nice clothes. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: So there there's the previous party that you do have a pic of, Ethan? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Would if I were to give you well, you have my telephone number, and I can give you my email as well. SPEAKER_00: Would I be able to get a copy of that? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: I can send it to you. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: I can send it to you just text message, or does that SPEAKER_00: That's perfect. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: That's perfect. SPEAKER_00: Describe so you were described to me as a very good friend of Ethan's. SPEAKER_00: Is that correct? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: That's correct. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Tell me about that. SPEAKER_00: How, you know, how often did you speak to Ethan? SPEAKER_00: How often were you with Ethan? SPEAKER_01: I spoke to Ethan every day, multiple times a day. SPEAKER_01: He was in my apartment, I don't know, four four days out of the week just hanging out. SPEAKER_01: And it doesn't make any sense to me because he's not the type of guy that has any enemies, and I don't understand. SPEAKER_01: He didn't have any any sort of beef with anyone. SPEAKER_01: So SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Um, kinda if you could think back for me, um, with Zaina. SPEAKER_00: Same same questions there. SPEAKER_00: Can you think of anybody that she was having issues with? SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: That's the that's the huge confusing part about it. SPEAKER_01: They they were both super happy people, didn't like any drama. SPEAKER_00: K. SPEAKER_01: And, yeah, and I had known Xana for since my freshman year. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Has she ever spoken about somebody around her apartment that was troubling her? SPEAKER_01: Let me think. SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: Nothing comes to mind. SPEAKER_00: K. SPEAKER_00: Let me let me ask you this. SPEAKER_00: Did Ethan ever say something akin to, you you know, I think I'm gonna go over and stay with Xana tonight because of more of a security issue? SPEAKER_01: Not Not necessarily security issue because he he lived, uh, over close to this. SPEAKER_01: And I'm not sure if you guys know where that's at. SPEAKER_01: It's probably two to three miles away from the Sigma Chi House. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: And he lived over there. SPEAKER_01: So he stayed with Dana a lot of nights just because it's kind of a far walk, and he didn't wanna walk that far SPEAKER_00: Sure. SPEAKER_01: Type of deal, but not necessarily a security issue. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Are do you know Kaylee and Maddie? SPEAKER_01: I didn't know Kaylee. SPEAKER_01: I had met her, but I didn't know her very well. SPEAKER_01: Maddie, kind of the same deal. SPEAKER_01: I was a little bit closer with Maddie, but not not not the amount of closeness I was to Ethan and Xana. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: How about SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: I didn't. SPEAKER_01: I mean, obviously, we're acquaintances acquaintances, but I didn't we weren't close at all. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: And SPEAKER_01: I I was a little bit closer with but not to the extent I was with Ethan and Xana, if that makes any sense. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Like, I had known her for a little bit longer SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Than than Maddie and Kaylee. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: When was the last time you were over at the 1122 King Street address? SPEAKER_01: I was there Friday. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Tell me about that. SPEAKER_01: It was fine. SPEAKER_01: Just normal. SPEAKER_01: We were in, uh, in the apartment playing pong Okay. SPEAKER_01: And just having a good time with each other, and that's the last I was there for fifteen, twenty minutes. SPEAKER_01: And then I went over to the White's apartments to hang out with my my friends over there. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: I wasn't there for very long on Friday, but I was there for a number, like, some minutes. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna have you circle back real quick to, uh, the thirteenth early in the morning. SPEAKER_00: When do you think was the last time that you saw Ethan and Xana? SPEAKER_01: Ethan and Xana, the in the lodge, I'm almost positive because they were they went to my apartment after the lodge party ended to pack up all their things. SPEAKER_01: And the lodge is the last place I saw them around 01:20, 01:25. SPEAKER_00: K. SPEAKER_00: Did they say where they were going to? SPEAKER_01: They didn't. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_00: And they were SPEAKER_01: I was just assuming sorry to interrupt. SPEAKER_01: I was just assuming that they were gonna go back to their place, which I'm guessing that's what they did. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: And just to clarify, that would have been walking on foot? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Because it's pretty close right there. SPEAKER_01: It's, I don't know, a three minute walk. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: What do you recall the things that they were packing up? SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: They had a couple of beers, and Ethan may have grabbed his formal coat. SPEAKER_00: And I'm sorry. SPEAKER_00: They had a couple of what? SPEAKER_00: Beers. SPEAKER_00: Beers. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: I thought you said ears like you'd put SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Formal gear, a couple of beers. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Yeah. SPEAKER_01: And that's the that's I think that's it. SPEAKER_01: I'm pretty sure that's it. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: What color SPEAKER_01: anything else I didn't see. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: What color was the formal coat that he SPEAKER_01: Black. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Go ahead, Kristen. SPEAKER_00: Uh, if I didn't tell you, I'm here with trooper Kristen Noah. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_02: Go ahead. SPEAKER_02: Did they have a backpack, or did Xana have a purse that they were putting these items into? SPEAKER_01: I think that Xana had a bag, but I'm not 100% positive. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_02: Would you know what that generally would look like if it was, like, a common bag that she carried around all the time or if it was SPEAKER_00: just keeping sticky? SPEAKER_00: I SPEAKER_01: don't. SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: I'm sorry. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: In college, we kinda go through backpacks really quickly. SPEAKER_00: Sure. SPEAKER_01: You tend to lose them or they break. SPEAKER_01: I I don't know what type of bag or anything about what it looked like. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: So you have my phone number. SPEAKER_00: I'll be pushing out my email address as well. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: We are asking for any photos or videos, especially of that evening, even prior to the Sigma Chi party, would be helpful. SPEAKER_01: I can send you I can look again and send you what I have from that Okay. SPEAKER_00: That'd be great. SPEAKER_01: Just on this phone number? SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: That's for yep. SPEAKER_00: This is my work phone, and you're more than welcome to give it to people if, you know, in your circles you're hearing information that you think they need to pass on to me, please give them this number. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_00: Is there anything that you can think of that I forgot to ask you? SPEAKER_01: No. SPEAKER_01: I'm assuming you guys have talked to the brother and sister. SPEAKER_00: I personally have not. SPEAKER_00: We have quite an extensive team, and there are other agents who are assigned to that because those would be in person. SPEAKER_00: And again, I I apologize for having to reach out to you over the phone. SPEAKER_00: This is something I do not prefer to do. SPEAKER_00: Right. SPEAKER_00: And to be honest with you, as soon as are you going to be coming back after Thanksgiving? SPEAKER_01: After Thanksgiving break, yeah. SPEAKER_00: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Mom, what day are we coming back? SPEAKER_00: We'll either probably we'll be there Sunday. SPEAKER_01: The Sunday after Thanksgiving break, SPEAKER_00: So we'll be my goal is and we I sergeant is a former alumni here. SPEAKER_01: Oh, SPEAKER_00: wow. SPEAKER_00: So our goal is to come in. SPEAKER_00: We just, I don't know, we just need to lay eyes on you guys. SPEAKER_00: So I'm really sorry. SPEAKER_00: There's anything you guys need, please reach out. SPEAKER_00: I know this is hard. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: Yeah. SPEAKER_00: So, yeah, give your mom my best. SPEAKER_00: So, yep, let me know if you need anything. SPEAKER_00: Okay? SPEAKER_01: Okay. SPEAKER_01: Thank you. SPEAKER_00: Thank you. SPEAKER_00: Take care. SPEAKER_00: Alright? SPEAKER_01: Alright. SPEAKER_01: You too. SPEAKER_00: Bye bye. SPEAKER_00: Bye. SPEAKER_00: And we end that at 11:40.