Ever since the document dump began the other day after quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger accepted his fate in a Boise courtroom, there has been much chatter online.
For many people, Idaho got the right guy and the case is in essence over. For many others, dissecting the case is only just beginning.
That said, the unveiling of only a few of many documents has left me with more questions than answers.
While I have maintained from early on that I think Kohberger was involved, the latest document dump leads me to think even more so that others were too.
Yes, Kohberger confessed. No, others haven’t been arrested. That said, it does not mean authorities have given us all the information. It also doesn’t mean they have gotten all the details right.
After these latest tidbits came out in the last two days, I am focusing on the following:
- Kaylee’s injuries – According to documents and her own father’s words, Kaylee Goncalves had several dozen stab wounds. She also had a broken nose and teeth knocked out. All of that tells me rage. It could also be payback or jealousy. Perhaps another female student had an issue with Kaylee. I find it hard to believe a stranger would beat the $hit out of Kaylee for no good reason. While it could have been Kohberger upset that Kaylee was an obstacle to him possibly being interested in harming only Maddie Mogen, Kaylee could have diverted his attention. In doing so, he went off on her. Then again, could a female or male student have done this in wanting to get back at her for some reason?
- Xana’s injuries – Much like Kaylee, Xana was heavily abused, leading to some 50 stab wounds. She apparently fought back or at least tried to protect herself. In doing so, the killer went after her hard. While Xana likely ran into the perp either on the second or first floor stairs, she had time to get back to her bedroom. She was likely wounded at that point. I have to think she was screaming for her life. With Maddie and Kaylee already wounded and perhaps fatally, that left boyfriend Ethan Chapin, along with roommates Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, to try and help her. Most thoughts are Ethan was passed out in Xana’s bed and probably did not put up a great deal of resistance if any. Still, this struggle could well have taken 10 or more minutes. With Moscow Police Department’s estimated timeline of the killings, could one person have done all this in that time frame and apparently left the home with little or no blood trail? Multiple people could have cleaned things up much more quickly.
- Dylan and Bethany’s morning schedule – If you followed this case from early on, you know that Dylan and Bethany, the two surviving roommates at 1122 King Road, were on separate floors. Dylan supposedly saw a figure in black with a mask on walking past her second floor bedroom after she had partially opened her door several times. While she was not harmed, she reportedly went into a frozen state of shock and stayed in her bedroom to go back to sleep. Then we later heard that once the coast was clear, she bolted down to the first floor and Bethany’s room. We later discovered the two were texting their roommates, calling at least one parent, and even job hunting at one point of the morning online. All this time, their four slain roommates were on the two floors above them. One of the first things I wondered was did neither of them ever go upstairs to the second floor kitchen for food or drink? What about Kaylee’s dog Murphy on the third floor? Wouldn’t he have been periodically barking to go outside? Finally, close to noon, the two reached out to a fellow student or two for help. After they came to the house, it was then discovered by the male student (Hunter) that Xana and Ethan were dead. I still wonder, no one went up to the third floor to check on Maddie or Kaylee until the police arrived? While I again do not think Dylan and Bethany were in on the murders, their version of events that morning stinks to high heaven.
With there being no trial, with Kohberger not offering up any answers to that night/morning, we may never get the truth.
In the meantime, many of us will continue to have and ask questions.
For many of us, cases like this and things that do not add up lead to theories that some may even label conspiracies….
DavidAlanThomas 