As with the University of Idaho Community College, following the shocking murders of four undergrad students in an off-campus rental house in Moscow, Idaho, this past November, school officials have already announced plans to demolish the building. has done
“The owner of the King Street house offered the house to the university, which we accepted,” University of Idaho President Scott Green said last week. “The house will be demolished. This is a healing step and removes the physical structure where the crime that rocked our community was committed.”
Landlords almost always want to change address in similar situations.
But communities and homeowners deal with such tragedies in different ways. There are many house of horrors stories that have met different fates over the years.
Idaho Char
In Moscow, Idaho, where four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in a 4 a.m. attack on November 13, 2022, the homeowner is donating property to his school, which plans to demolish the building. is making
The suspect, Brian Kohberger, is being held without bond in the Latah County Jail on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary. He will be produced in court on June 26.
JonBenet Ramsay
The former Ramsey home in Boulder, Colorado, where 6-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in his family’s basement the day after Christmas in 1996, went up for sale last week.
JonBenet’s mother, Patsy, reported her missing to police after finding a lengthy ransom note demanding $118,000 in return for the girl. JonBenét’s father, John Ramsey, discovered her body later that day in the basement of their home.
Its current owners have listed it for sale for $7 million. NBC News reported on Friday. Records show the five-bedroom, eight-bathroom home last sold for $650,000 in 1998 — when the Ramseys moved out.
The new listing, as of March 1, shows extensive updates inside and out. take A look here.
JonBenet’s case has not been solved – but has been pursued by a state Cold-case unit announced The investigation would take another form last year.
Authorities are asking anyone with information regarding the JonBenet investigation to contact them at 303-441-1974, BouldersMostWanted@bouldercolorado.gov or Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman
Nicole Brown Simpson, the ex-wife of former NFL star Orenthal “OJ” Simpson, was stabbed to death on June 12, 1994, at her home in Brentwood, California, along with her friend Ron Goldman.
Police charged OJ with the crime, of which he was acquitted the following year after a dramatic televised trial. A later civil suit, however, found him liable for $33 million. Years later, he would be convicted in a robbery case and sentenced to prison. He was released in 2017.
This house still stands today – although like the other houses on this list, the address has changed. According to ZillowIt last sold in 1994 for $625,000 and is worth $2.8 million today.
Rockingham Estate, the home where OJ lived at the time, was purchased and demolished in 1998. According to E! the news. The address was changed to distract tourists.
Another Simpson home, which he bought in Miami in 2000 after leaving California, has also been demolished.
The New York Post reported last week that the property, which went into foreclosure after OJ’s 2008 robbery conviction, was demolished last year and unsuccessfully listed for $2.6 million.
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Maggie and Paul Murdaugh
The Murdaugh family’s sprawling Mosel estate in Islandton, South Carolina, is where, on June 7, 2021, Alex Murdaugh fatally shot his wife Maggie, 52, and their young son, Paul, 22, near the dog kennel. And then called 911 to pretend he stumbled upon a crime scene.
He was convicted on Thursday and sentenced to life in prison on Friday morning.
The family of Mallory Beach, a 19-year-old woman and friend of Paul, who was killed in a DUI boating accident with a descendant behind the wheel, asked a South Carolina judge to secure funds from the potential sale of a previous property. said for the year
Murdoch and the Beach family Agreement reached In their wrongful death lawsuit in January. As a result, Beach’s mother will be paid $275,000 when the Mosel estate, valued at less than $4 million, is sold.
According to the Washington Post, the sale is Already in the contract.
The Amityville Horror
A young man in Amityville, New York murdered his own family inside their colonial home on Ocean Avenue in 1974. A year later, the home’s new owners fled in panic a month after moving in.
George and Kathy Lutz bought the house — and were so startled by the alleged paranormal activity that they moved out after a month.
Their story became a novel, which was then adapted into a film.
The killer, Ronald DeFeo Jr., was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison and died in prison in 2021, the New York Post reported at the time. He was 69.
DeFeo killed his parents, Ronald and Louise, both 43, two sisters and two brothers as they slept inside the home at 112 Ocean Avenue on November 13, 1974. He was 23 years old. His siblings ranged in age from 9 to 18.
The house, which has a courtyard boathouse and detached two-car garage, still stands today, and again, the address was changed in an attempt to reduce visits from gawkers.
