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Photos of Moscow Murders Won't be Released, 60-Year-Old Cold Case Resolved: October 8, 2025
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The Idaho Four case is back in the headlines — a judge just ruled that some graphic crime scene photos from the Moscow, Idaho murders won’t be released. One victim’s mother sued the city to keep her daughter’s images private, and the court agreed, ordering key parts of the photos to be blacked out. More details on the case and conviction at NWPB.org. Plus, a 60-year-old cold case has been solved.
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Photos of Moscow Murders Won't be Released, 60-Year-Old Cold Case Resolved: October 8, 2025
10/8/2025 | 2m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
The Idaho Four case is back in the headlines — a judge just ruled that some graphic crime scene photos from the Moscow, Idaho murders won’t be released. One victim’s mother sued the city to keep her daughter’s images private, and the court agreed, ordering key parts of the photos to be blacked out. More details on the case and conviction at NWPB.org. Plus, a 60-year-old cold case has been solved.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipThe Idaho Four case is once again making headlines.
A judge ruled that some graphic crime scene photos from the Moscow home, where four University of Idaho students were murdered, will not be released.
The mother of one of the victims sued the city of Moscow to stop them from releasing photos, videos and audio of the young woman's bedroom and her body.
The judge ruled that the city must completely blackout parts of some photos before they can be released.
Full details on the case, the students killed and the conviction of the killer can be found at NWPB.org.
A woman missing for decades has finally been identified after being buried as a Jane Doe back in the 1960s.
Her name is Martha Bassett, a Yakama Nation tribal member and Wapato High School graduate.
She is now home buried in the Yakima Valley after new technology and another look at the case tied her to Washington from Illinois.
And just last year, a cold case investigator reexamined the case.
“There is a... sliver of hope for those other families.
This is huge -- to reclaim our people, our identity, our land.” That's Asa Washines, a relative of Bassett's.
To hear more about Bassett's case, her homecoming and how it came to be, go to NWPB.org.
As fire season slowly starts to ease up around the northwest, we're learning the U.S.
Forest Service had to get a little creative with its crews this year.
After the federal firings and deferred resignations last winter, there were holes in fire season coverage, so some in-office staffers like wildlife biologists and hydrologists, they jumped in to help to get the word out about fire danger to the public this year.
“When we get to peak fire season, it's kind of an all hands on deck call, if you will.” That's Jim Wimer, a fire prevention officer for Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests.
Some of the workers even drove trucks with supplies to wildfires and often worked overtime to help.
Now, the Forest Service is looking to calmer, cooler days and hoping for more rain.
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