A new report revealed on Wednesday that an associate history professor at the University of Idaho cleared their name after they were accused of being the school murderer by a student on TikTok.
“Police have all but cleared a University of Idaho professor accused by a TikTok user of ordering the brutal murders of 4 college students,” TMZ reported. “Moscow PD released a statement Tuesday, saying that at this time ‘detectives do not believe the female associate professor and chair of the history department’ is involved in the slayings. Not only that, but police have not publicly ID’d a single suspect after 6 weeks of investigation.”
“Professor Rebecca Scofield filed a federal suit last Wednesday, claiming Ashley Guillard posted TikTok videos accusing Scofield of ordering the fatal stabbings of Kalyee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin,” said the report. “According to the suit, obtained by TMZ, Guillard has over 100,000 TikTok followers and received 2.5 million likes on the Scofield videos, damaging the professor’s reputation.”
According to the report, Guillard is known for posting TikToks about her solving murders. She claims she can solve them through tarot card readings.
“In the docs, Scofield denies any connection to the crimes, stating that she was visiting friends in Oregon at the time of the November 13 massacre. Scofield also says she didn’t know any of the victims, nor did they take any of her classes,” said the report. “What’s more, Scofield had allegedly never met Guillard … but tried to resolve the situation by sending her cease and desist letters to no avail.”
The University of Idaho stabbings remain a subject of popular fascination and horror, as police continue to have no suspect and very few publicly-stated leads.
