Even though it has been some nine months since the slayings of four University of Idaho students in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022, the theories, verbal online attacks and more continue. 
More notable are some of the perceived absurdities of this case that has grabbed the attention of not only many people nationwide, but also a fair amount around the globe.
With that in mind, we take a few moments to point out some of the perceived absurdities of the case to date.
Among them:
- Alleged murderer Bryan Kohberger was stalking one or more of the victims – If you take a few moments to put aside the negative feelings you might have towards the defendant, stop for a minute and think about the stalking allegation. Would someone who was supposedly stalking one or more young women take a chance on spending time with them, kidnapping them or even harming them with multiple people in a home? Yet, that is what the individual would have faced if he indeed was at 1122 King Road in the early morning hours of Nov. 13. We know of at least four people in the home and possibly six if you count the two surviving roommates both in fact being there. We believe according to the PCA that Dylan Mortensen was there. Not so much is known about Bethany Funke’s whereabouts early that morning. Now, would you take your chances grabbing or killing one of the young women inside the home with all those people and a dog there in the middle of the night? Odds are most would say no. They’d wait to get the victim when most vulnerable. Kidnapping her going to or from class, out on a jog, going to or from a store etc. makes much more sense.
- The killer wore a mask due to COVID – This has to be one of the more absurd claims I have heard for months. Hello! Do y’all remember the videos taken last summer when Moscow Police Department sent officers to the home related to noise complaints from neighbors? The videos are quite accessible on You Tube. With that in mind, watch one or both videos and tell me how many of the students wore masks due to COVID. If too busy to watch the videos, let me inform you that ZERO students on the videos wore masks. So, the killer is going to wear a mask at 4 ish in the morning while moving about because they’re scared of COVID? C’mon people…. use commonsense.
- Drugs are totally out of the question – While many of the Kohberger haters live and breathe the stalker theory, other people think differently. One common thought is that drugs played a role in the tragic deaths of the Idaho 4. That by no means says that 1122 King Road was a big drug distribution center or was taking in a lot of drugs for the tenants there. What it does say is that drug usage or selling them is a possibility. Many people will tell you the residence was known as the party house to various neighbors and others on campus. Hey, many of us had our fun times in college and did not do drugs. That may in fact be the case here. Having said that, one would be naive to think that drugs are not at least a possibility here. Newsflash! Some college students buy and sell drugs. When you have family members with rap sheets due to drugs, one must explore the possibility that drugs were in play. If so, it by no means is an excuse to kill four young adults with their worlds ahead of them.
- All Facebook discussion groups are legit – If you do a search of Facebook groups devoting their pages to the Idaho 4 murders, you will find a number of them. While most talk exclusively about the case at hand, some go off script more than occasionally. One in particular, University of Idaho Murders – Case Discussion, has turned into the local bullying and comedy store for all intents and purposes. The group admin AKA Alina Smith appears to turn a blind eye to anyone saying or demonstrating a lot of hatred towards Mr. Kohberger.
Given surviving roommates Mortensen and Funke are key figures in this case, you’d think it would be okay to discuss them. Try doing that with any regularity on the site and you will be shown the door more times than not. Meantime, posting what are supposedly funny memes of BK, wishing him death etc. are perfectly fine. Hell, you can be a Realtor posing as a “legal expert” 
and talk about urinary issues. While there are some quality people in that particular group you can in fact have a healthy and adult debate with, they are few and far between. And if they have 222k members as they claim to, I have oceanfront property in Nebraska to sell you. Many are more than likely bots and countless duplicate accounts, many of which belong to the head honchos.
As we inch closer to a scheduled Oct. 2 trial date in Moscow, things will undoubtedly get a little more absurd in the process.
DavidAlanThomas 