Prominent YouTuber Accused of Faking Evidence in Idaho Murder Case

A popular YouTube personality is accused of faking evidence in the investigation into the quadruple homicide in Idaho.

This week, YouTuber Joseph Morris reportedly posted a video in which he claimed that he had received new audio from the scene where four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed. On November 13, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were found fatally stabbed.

However, the video has since disappeared from Morris' YouTube channel and on Monday, another YouTuber, iCkEdMeL, posted a video accusing him of fabricating the audio he shared.

"YouTuber Joseph Morris Fakes Audio From Night University of Idaho Students FOUND DEAD," iCkEdMeL wrote in a post to Twitter.

In the YouTube video, iCkEdMeL speaks about the audio that Morris shared that was a female voice yelling, "Stop it. Leave me alone." According to iCkEdMeL, the audio shared by Morris was taken from another YouTube video and effects were added.

"Not only was the audio taken from somewhere else and put out as the neighbor released this audio, this article that he has here is fabricated. He edited the HTML, typed up what he wanted to say and then played the audio behind it," iCkEdMeL said in the video, which featured portions of Morris' original video.

The original audio was from a YouTube video that appeared to show a woman in a domestic dispute with a man, iCkEdMeL added. On Twitter, iCkEdMeL shared a video of the YouTuber saying that her audio was taken by Morris.

"Jewel Rancid Live, speaks on Joseph Morris using her Audio. Snippet from her channel," iCkEdMeL wrote in the tweet.

Former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer responded to the reports of the fake evidence and said, "If he were charged it might deter those obstructing and hindering for their personal entertainment to rethink. It would be nice to get credibilty [sic] restored."

As the investigation into the fatal stabbings has continued, the Moscow Police Department recently warned against using online rumors and speculation for information about the case.

"Over the past four weeks, rumors and speculation has led members of the public to provide tips based on rumors rather than official information provided about the case," the Moscow police said in a news release this week.

"Rumors and speculation have also affected the families of the victims, friends, and fellow students. In some cases, this has led to harassing and threatening behavior toward potentially involved parties. Anyone engaging in threats or harassment whether in person, online or otherwise needs to understand that they could be subjecting themselves to criminal charges."

Newsweek reached out to Morris for comment.

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