The president of the University of Idaho who guided his university through the trauma of four murdered students last fall has a family connection to the property where the murders took place. C. Scott Green has given speeches, interviews and press release statements since the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle in November 2022. He’s led the university’s effort to demolish the home at 1122 King Road. “It is the grim reminder of the heinous act that took place there,” President Green said in a news release announcing the demolition. “While we appreciate the emotional connection some family members of the victims may have to this house, it is time its removal and to allow the collective healing of our community to continue.” Over the past year, though, Green has never publicly disclosed his connection to the home. Property ownership documents available through Latah County show Green’s family owned the property from 1967 until 1973. A deed filed with the county shows Cumer L. Green and Sandra L. Green bought the property at 1122 King Road on June 20, 1967. A 2001 obituary for Cumer Green shows he graduated from U of I in 1963, then got his law degree from the school in 1969. The family moved to Boise in 1969 and the Greens later divorced. The divorce judgment lists the mortgage on the King Road property at $11,500. Further deeds available through the Latah County Assessor’s Office show Green sold the King Road property in 1973. The house has gone through multiple renovations and remodels in the decades since. Moscow city permits show the house originally had two floors, but the owner added the lower floor in 2000. The property changed hands several times before ending up with the company that owned it at the time of the murders, listed as an LLC based in Colorado. After the murders, that owner donated the property to the University of Idaho, which made the decision to tear down the house. 4 News Now reached out to a University of Idaho spokesperson about the connection and why it was never disclosed. Communications Director Jodi Walker said in an email that “President Green’s father owned a number of properties in Moscow in the 1960s and early 70s. 1122 King Road was one of those and it was sold decades ago.” 4 News Now has asked if President Green ever lived in the home and why the university didn’t mention this previously. Walker said Green has no recollection of the house and that his dad owned and sold a number of properties over the years. When 4 News Now asked why this wasn’t shared earlier, Walker said, “We did talk about it briefly early, when the president became aware his dad had owned it. But we did not feel a property he sold 50 years ago was highly relevant now.” Green is a graduate of U of I who went on to earn his MBA from Harvard Business School. In an interview with the U of I Argonaut upon his hiring, Green remembered running around Memorial Gym at U of I with his grandfather, who was the athletic director at the time. ►Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/4NewsNow ►Website: http://www.kxly.com ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/kxly4news ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KXLY4News