Idaho murder victim Ethan Chapin's family reflects on 'challenging time' as his siblings return to school

January 31, 2023 at 00:38

The mother of Idaho murder victim Ethan Chapin on Monday reflected on what she described as a "challenging time" sending two of her three triplets back to the University of Idaho after Ethan's Nov. 13 death.
"We were recently told to look for a victory every day – even if it is the tiniest little victory.
It is admittedly challenging some days, but excellent advice," Chapin's mother, Stacy Wells Chapin, said in a Monday Facebook post along with photos of her family.
She and her husband, Jim Chapin, agreed "early on" that Ethan's triplets, Maizie and Hunter, had to return to school at the University of Idaho, where Ethan was also a student.
While "[i]t all felt tricky at the time," after two months since Ethan's death on Nov. 13, "it became clear" they made the right decision, Wells Chapin wrote.
IDAHO MURDERS SUSPECT BRYAN KOHBERGER'S LAWYERS ALSO REPRESENTED MADISON MOGEN'S PARENTSShe and her husband decided they would visit their surviving children at the University of Idaho every other weekend.
In true Chapin form, all were welcome, and we fed 20 kids a home-cooked meal on Thursday night," she wrote.
IDAHO MURDERS: BRYAN KOHBERGER DEFENSE RECEIVES HUNDREDS OF DOCUMENTS FROM PROSECUTORSShe described her kids as "resilient," but noted that the months since Nov. 13 have been "a challenging time."
IDAHO MURDERS: XANA KERNODLE'S MOTHER SAYS LAWYER ‘BETRAYED’ HER TO DEFEND BRYAN KOHBERGER"We’re grateful they have each other at school, fraternity and sorority friends, and other amazing support systems.
Our job as parents is to be there and provide tools and resources as needed," Wells Chapin wrote.
He is charged with murder and burglary in connection with the quadruple homicide at the victims' home near the school's Moscow, Idaho.
Authorities have yet to disclose any kind of motive in the ambush that has rocked both college towns since November.