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As residents fixate on the fact the suspect is not caught. we cannot say there s no threat to the community. reporter: still calling the crime targeted but pulling back on assurances there was no public threat and pledging to release more. i probably should have been standing here a day or so ago, but i m here now. reporter: between 2016 and 2021, there were no murders in moscow, so when the quadruple homicide stunned this town, the 36-person police force was pressed into unprecedented action. with no full-time communications staff the messaging was a little bit off. reporter: idaho police were brought in to assist with public messaging. but the rumor mill has been hard to control. a reported man loitering at a food truck near two of the victims was knocked down by police who later said they eliminated the man as a suspect. reports that someone s pet dog was skipped three weeks before the killings are also believed to be unrelated. meanwhile, police are trying to protect ....