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June 26, 2023 · 11:44 am

Moving away from the stalking premise

For much of these last eight months, the narrative behind the tragic murders of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022 has been one or more of the women killed were targeted. The specific premise was that stalking was in play, notably with victim Kaylee Goncalves.

Move ahead to late June, much of the narrative from the police, prosecution, mainstream media and even many of the social media sleuths is that suspect Bryan Kohberger targeted one or more of the women in the home at 1122 King Road.

Along with the idea that Goncalves was being stalked, there have been suggestions that both Maddie Mogen and Xana Kernodle could have been the targets from their days working as servers at the Mad Greek restaurant in Moscow.

While it is certainly plausible that the end game when a trial finishes is we learn in fact Kohberger stalked one or more of these college students, I’ve moved away from that.

If you stop and think about things for a minute, why on Earth would someone take all the risk involved of entering a strange home in the middle of the night (technically early morning hours)? To satisfy some kind of sexual desire with a woman or women he could never date?

Emotions aside, think about the amount of risk involved, not knowing what is waiting for you on the other side of the door and armed with only a knife.

We know one of the victims, Ethan Chapin, was spending the night with his girlfriend (Kernodle) at the residence. Mogen also had a boyfriend who was not visiting this particular evening. What if he would have in fact been there? Goncalves could have had her on again/off again boyfriend there that night also. The two surviving roommates (Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke) might have had male guests there too. That is potentially a lot of males to go through for a single killer.

With that in mind, why not kidnap your object of desire when she is most vulnerable and not in a home full of others? That seems a much more plausible idea than going into a home with four vehicles out front and God knows how many people inside.

One of the other theories out there that I’ve swung more to in recent months is these killings involved drugs.

It makes more sense to think this could have been a drug hit, a drug sale gone bad etc. What may have been the idea of a single kill or sending a message got out of hand and before you know it you’ve got four dead bodies.

If you visit any number of the chat pages online devoted to the Idaho 4 murders, even remotely suggesting drugs were in play will draw the anger of many. In the eyes of many, college kids may drink a little here and there and get rowdy at times, but they NEVER do drugs. I’ve got news for you, drug use on college campuses and off-campus homes and apartments is a hell of a lot more prevalent than you may think. If you think it is not, you are naive.

No, I’m not saying all the residents in that home at 1122 King Road were heavy into drugs. For all we know, none of them may have done drugs at all. Then again, let’s not rule such a thing out because it is a dirty topic to talk about.

As we move closer to a trial, we will undoubtedly hear many continuing the theme that the suspect was a stalker and this was all about killing one or more people he could not have.

While that may ring true at the end of the day, at least keep an open mind to the possibility that this tragedy involved a lot more than that.

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June 22, 2023 · 3:55 am

Where are the toxicology reports on the Idaho 4?

When four University of Idaho students were murdered last Nov. 13 in an off-campus home in Moscow, the town was beyond shocked.

Such tragedies do not happen in places such as Moscow more times than not. Perhaps the occasional traffic fatality, drug overdose etc. would befall a town that is about 25,000 in population. But a quadruple murder? No, such things are not typical of a place like this town in Northwest Idaho.

Flash-forward a little more than seven months later and there seem to be more questions than answers.

While 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger remains in a Moscow jail, charged with four felony counts of murder a single count of burglary, this is far from a slam dunk case.

Yes, I bought into the police and media narrative early on that this was a case of a stalker seeking his prey in the form of one or more young college women. While that still may end up being what pans out, I turned more towards something along the lines of a targeted hit on one or more of the individuals killed that early November morning.

While I still have plenty of questions related to this case, one that continues to stand out to me is why have there been no toxicology reports released on the four victims?

Yes, such reports tend to be more commonplace when death is due to a vehicle accident or something similar.

Why would the state want toxicology reports on four young adults who were stabbed to death?

Stop for a minute and think about the possibility one or more of the victims may have been drugged prior to being killed. Does it sound far-fetched? Yes, to some it may. To others, however, the thought that one or more of the victims could be an easier target and not as able to defend themselves if drugged is a possibility.

It is not uncommon for toxicology reports to be released anywhere from four to six months following a death.

Now, you may argue that this case involving four deaths would take longer to divulge such reports. Flip to the other side of the coin and you’d think if anything there would be more effort and speed to get such news out there to the public. Among the reasons to do this would be to quell any wild rumors etc.

While understand the need to have a gag order in place for such a high-profile case, the gag order in the Idaho 4 deaths seems to go beyond the norm.

From not releasing the toxicology reports to not making public the 911 call at 11:58 a.m. on Nov. 13 and more, there are many questions to still be answered.

If we discover no toxicology tests were done on Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, should that be a concern? It would seem any medical examiner looking to get all the facts possible would order toxicology reports for murder victims. Finding out if there were in fact drugs of any kind in their systems could prove relevant to the case.

With no toxicology reports in the Idaho 4 case made public, we’re left to wonder if in fact they were done at all.

In the event they were not done, it would be yet one more chapter in a case that continues to have more questions than answers seven months out.

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June 18, 2023 · 1:52 pm

Today is day to honor five special dads

As we mark Father’s Day here nationwide, it is important to say thank you to all the dads having made a difference.

While I never had children, I can only imagine the sacrifices that both men and women put into raising one child or multiples ones.

The deaths last fall of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin not only rocked Moscow, Idaho, but countless other towns and cities across the country. The four were brutally murdered in the off campus home that Goncalves, Mogen and Kernodle lived in. Chapin, boyfriend of Kernodle, was spending the night there.

Steve Goncalves, Ben Mogen, Steve Laramie (stepfather of Madison Mogen), Jeff Kernodle and Jim Chapin face their first Father’s Day without their beloved children killed in the early morning hours of Nov. 13.

While there will be plenty of time to talk more about the case moving forward, today is a day to send love to Steve G., Ben, Steve, Jeff and Jim.

I think it is safe to say after this tragic event that Kaylee, Madison, Xana and Ethan have millions of adopted parents nationwide now wanting justice for them and their families.

Trust me when I say that many will make sure the four are not forgotten.

For those five fathers having their first Father’s Day without their University of Idaho kids today, you are not forgotten either.

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June 17, 2023 · 1:17 pm

Has social media world already convicted Kohberger?

If you spend a ton of time on social media as I do for both work and personal interests, you may well have seen the hashtag #BryanKohberger. Another popular one is #Idaho4.

Sadly, both hashtags and others like them refer to the Nov. 13, 2022 killings of four young adults in an off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho.

Sometime in the 3 a.m. – 4:30 a.m. time frame that Sunday, four lives were ended in a matter of minutes. Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin would not live to see the sun come up. For the four families of these University of Idaho students, their lives were taken that day in a manner too.

As we are now some seven months past the tragedy, those following the case continue to have opinions. Those opinions are often found on various social media platforms on a daily basis. Among the most popular for such opinions are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, You Tube and more.

While social media can be great for sharing information, learning about topics, and even helping in time of crimes such as kids gone missing, the social networking world has its dark side too.

If you go into various chat groups regarding the Idaho 4 case, you will discover that Kohberger has already been convicted in the court of social media. No trial, no presumed innocent until proven guilty etc. To many people partaking in these social media chats, the Pennsylvania native should get what may be coming to him. If this was the Old West, I think we would already have had a hanging if up to many of these folks.

I honestly do not know like the majority of others out there if Kohberger in fact did kill these four students. He may well have. If so, I hope he gets the maximum sentence and I would not bat an eye if that meant the death penalty.

On the flip side of the coin, I’m not ready to convict him or anyone else for that matter until I have heard and seen all the evidence from both the prosecution and defense.

What seemed to many (including myself early on) like an open and shut case has opened some eyes of late.

Like many individuals, I’m guilty of repeating myself at times. As such, cut me a little slack if you have read or heard the following from me before:

  • How does one individual go into a home in presumably dark conditions or limited lighting at best and wipe out four healthy young adults with only a knife in 13 minutes or so and on two different floors? Is it possible? By all means it is possible. Is it a slam dunk case for the prosecution? Hell no. Even if you assume all four students were drunk or even had drugs in their systems, you would have to catch them at just the right time, take out a key artery in a matter of seconds, not having to worry about any of them putting up a defense. Mind you this is all the while as you don’t know how many others are in the home and may be alerted to what one would think would be some screaming and other such commotion.
  • How does a person then after committing such a heinous crime leave the home with no trail of blood? If these murders were as ugly as we were led to believe from initial police reports, the killer should have blood all over them. Did they take a change of clothes with them and disrobe after killing the four? Seems like the last thing you would want to do would be take time to change clothes, especially when you could have others still alive in the home and a dog also.
  • Speaking of others in the home alive, why no attack on the two surviving roommates we’ve come to know as Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke? Hey, I am certainly happy both survived this early morning terror. But why did they live and the other four die? This is where my mind begins to drift to the possibility of this being some sort of drug hit and certain lives were left unharmed for a reason.
  • Why have toxicology results on the four victims and the infamous 911 call some 7-8 hours after the attacks not been released? How could one or both compromise the case and BK’s right to a fair trial? I am especially interested in the toxicology reports on the four. If one, several or all of them had drugs in their systems, this would lend more credibility to this being a drug hit.
  • When it comes to the infamous video most of us have seen now, what exactly did Mogen tell Adam (the bartender at a local club)? Goncalves is seen with Mogen and a male downtown hours before the two women are killed. In that video (https://tinyurl.com/3hu8pdu5), Mogen tells Goncalves she told Adam everything. Was it just talk about a guy or something involving drugs?
  • Did the University of Idaho and City of Moscow officials want a quick arrest following the Nov. 13 murders? While BK wasn’t arrested for nearly six weeks after the crimes, you can bet U of I and Moscow businesses were happy. Having an alleged serial killer roaming Moscow is not good for business on many fronts. With that in mind, did they get the right guy? Better yet, if BK in fact is the guy, did he have help? If yes, then we still have one or more criminals walking the streets of Moscow or are long gone by now.

While I participate in different social media chats regarding the case, I always go into them with an open mind. You are always going to have some people who want a conviction based more on emotion than the facts.

Time will tell if authorities got the right guy.

Meantime, some on social media are hoping BK and the death penalty go hand in hand.

So, with the evidence we have today (no doubt the police have more), would you easily convict BK in the murders of the Idaho 4?

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June 16, 2023 · 4:08 am

Could a cover up be taking place in Moscow?

What happened in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022 in Moscow, Idaho was tragic to say the least.

Four young lives with so much future ahead of them snuffed out in a matter of minutes.

When news broke of the Idaho 4 murders, many people were naturally stunned, appalled, upset and more. Imagine for a moment what the families of Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were going through. Now some seven months later, the families are still torn by what many are thinking was not imaginable.

How could four young college students be dealt such a brutal ending to lives they barely had time to enjoy?

Some six weeks or so after the unimaginable happened at 1122 King Road, an individual was arrested on the other side of the country. As we work our way through the middle of June, Bryan Kohberger, 28, remains in a Moscow jail, charged with four counts of felony murder and one count of felony burglary.

So, is it likely that the police narrative that Kohberger broke into the home and killed the four students is in fact the truth?

There are Facebook groups dedicated to talking about the infamous case, what likely went down, what the future may hold as far as justice and so on. To many people in one group on FB (University of Idaho Murders – Case Discussion), Kohberger, who is presumed innocent until proven guilty, has already been convicted in the court of social media. If you mention the possibility of other alternatives, possible drug sales playing a role in the killings etc. you may well be labeled a conspiracy person.

I must admit that early on in the case and for a few months after, I took the bait. That was this was a stalking case of one or two of the women in the home and the suspect murdered those he could not have. Sadly, one or more of the victims may have been collateral damage on the morning of Nov. 13.

As time has passed, however, I am more inclined to think something more nefarious may be going on. Yes, I am beginning to think there may be a cover up to some degree or another happening.

Whenever a case of this magnitude finds its way into the world of social media, there will inevitably be many rumors, thoughts and the like as to what may have gone down. The Idaho 4 case is by no means any different.

While I have not a shred of evidence at the moment to back this up, my suspicion radar has been turning upwards in recent weeks. With that in mind, here is one possible scenario I see having taken place.

Sadly, drugs may well have played a role in the tragedy that unfolded that November morning at 1122 King Road. One or more people wanted one or more individuals in that home silenced over a possible drug sale gone bad, someone possibly going to authorities to rat one or more folks out, and even the possibility that higher ups in either the Moscow Police Department and/or the University of Idaho were afraid the public would learn some not so flattering news.

If you put your commonsense hat on for a moment, think about the following:

  • Most killers do not go into a strange home with multiple vehicles parked out front armed only with a knife. The risk of failure, being caught or even worse is relatively high. If you buy into the theory that Kohberger was stalking one or more of the females in the home, why not just follow and kidnap her at some point? Much less dangerous than going into a home where multiple boyfriends and/or guy buddies could be crashing for the night.
  • Why no blood trail (at least that we know of) leading from the home to a getaway car? There is all but no way all the reported blood from four victims cut open with a knife would not be carried outside to some degree. That is unless the suspect had help on the inside to get cleaned up and have what one would assume would be bloody clothing destroyed.
  • Why have the police not released toxicology reports on the four victims? I have heard multiple times how most if not all the victims were drunk to some degree when attacked. As such, they were not in a good position to know what was happening and/or fight back. Release the info along with the 911 call. Neither will taint a planned October trial. Is someone trying to hide something?
  • Was Kohberger arrested because he in fact is the lone killer? Or, was this an arrest requested by higher ups at MPD and U of I to quell fear in the community, keep a lid on potentially losing many students for the second semester? The potential for many students deciding not to come back after holiday break was there. Face it; Moscow in large part depends on the University of Idaho to keep going. Lose a big chunk of that revenue and suddenly businesses may be forced to close.

Like the majority of people, I was not in the home those early morning hours when all of this went down. As such, I do not know what truly transpired.

What I do know is that most alleged killers are not brazen enough to waltz into a strange home at 4 or so in the morning minus a gun and not knowing what may be on the other side of the door.

So, do you think Bryan Kohberger simply had a thing for one or more of the women living there and was determined to carry out what may have been some kind of sick fantasy?

Or, do you think that BK is being framed by some in power who don’t want one or more dirty secrets about Moscow getting out to the public?

Thank you very much for reading and please share your thoughts.

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June 12, 2023 · 8:49 pm

Will Dylan and Bethany be called to testify?

While we should always first and foremost remember the victims in the Idaho 4 tragedy, the two surviving females have garnered a lot of attention over the last six months.

For anyone following the case since news broke on the Nov. 13, 2022 tragedy, the names of survivors Dylan Mortensen (pictured above) and Bethany Funke have come up.

The two were not harmed in the early morning hours of Nov. 13 while three of their roommates and the boyfriend of one of the women were murdered.

If you are at all familiar with the 19-page PAC released a few months back, you know that Mortensen is mentioned as having reportedly seen the suspect on the home’s second floor. While not being able to give a precise description, the Boise resident said she saw a figure clad in black with a mask moving towards her second floor bedroom. The suspect then proceeded to exit the home via the kitchen slider door that leads to the patio. What happened to the suspect from there is not clearly known.

Fast-forward to Dec. 30 in Pennsylvania and arrested and charged with four counts of felony murder and a single count of burglary, alleged killer Bryan Kohberger, 28. Kohberger remains in jail, set to stand trial beginning Oct. 2.

When we get to the trial, it is certainly a possibility that both Mortensen and Funke will be called to testify.

So, will it be the prosecution or the defense calling one or both to testify? As it stands, both sides may want to have one or both women go on the record in front of a jury.

From the prosecution side of things, they hope Mortensen especially can nail down that in fact is was Kohberger she saw that night on the second floor of the home. It has been rumored that the defense may look to call Funke to the stand, claiming she may have some exculpatory information that could possibly clear their client.

You can also figure that the defense will look to have Mortensen get on the stand. They will likely claim that the young woman can’t definitively say under oath it was their client she saw in the home on Nov. 13 right after the murders.

As important as those things are, imagine the possible field day the defense could have with Mortensen for her reported actions (or to some her inactions) over the next 7-8 hours following the killings.

Among the things they may want Mortensen to explain would be:

  • Why did you or Funke wait so long to call 911? Is it possible one or both of you wanted to remove some potentially illegal items such as drugs for instance?
  • Were you under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time you claim to have seen an individual in the home ultimately making their way to the kitchen slider door? If you were under the influence, how can any of your statements be 100 percent credible?
  • Have you ever done drugs in your life, specifically at 1122 King Road?
  • If you heard crying and whimpering coming from Xana’s room as you indicated, why not go check on her once it was safe to do so?

If you are the prosecution, do you take a chance on calling Mortensen and/or Funke to the stand? It may well be they choose not to.

Meantime, you would have to think the defense team will be chomping at the bit to call both of them.

While you can argue one or both likely did not know their four friends has just been killed, the noises Mortensen reportedly heard should have at least warranted a welfare check on the four when safe to do so.

Buckle up…. I think this trial will be one for the ages when it eventually gets going.

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June 11, 2023 · 4:17 am

Is Kohberger a lone wolf or did he have help?

While the prevailing theory online is that quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger acted alone in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022 at 1122 King Road in Moscow, Idaho, others have different ideas.

The 28-year-old Pennsylvania native remains in jail in Moscow, charged with four felony counts of murder and one felony count of burglary.

Kohberger stands accused of breaking into a home shared by five University of Idaho women at or around 4ish a.m. on Nov. 13. Kohberger is alleged to have killed three of the five females living in the home and the boyfriend of one of the female victims.

As countless people continue mourning the loss of Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, onlookers to the case have their focus on a planned Oct. 2 trial date. If Kohberger is found guilty of the murder charges, he could end up getting the death penalty.

So, was the Washington State University criminal justice graduate student allegedly acting alone or did he have help?

My thoughts are the following:

  • How could one individual only as we know to now armed with a knife kill four young, healthy adults? While some or all are thought to have been in some stage of sleep at the time of the incident, it still would take the right kind of attack and timing to pull it off in the span of some 13 or so minutes. While the timeline for the murders has jumped around to some degree, it is generally thought that the suspect acted from approximately 4:05 a.m. to around 4:20 ish a.m. If the suspect had a gun instead of a knife, it seems much more plausible to kill so effectively and quickly, but he did not to the best information we have.
  • How would the individual know who was sleeping where in the six-bedroom home? This is where I begin to wonder if the suspect had some help. Could someone out to get one or more of the roommates tipped off the suspect? That is who was sleeping where and if they would have anyone staying the night with them?
  • How did the individual leave the home with barely a trace of blood outside the home? If the stabbings were as gruesome as we are led to believe, one would expect a bloody trail from the kitchen slider door all the way out to where the suspect’s vehicle was located. At least from police reports to now, there was no such massive trail of blood. So, could someone have helped the suspect disrobe and then do away with the clothes worn during the attacks?
  • It is not a big secret that 1122 King Road was known as a party house. As such, it is not too far of a stretch to think drugs may have been in the home at times. Could this quadruple homicide been payback for a drug deal gone wrong? Why were two roommates left unharmed? While I am not accusing the two survivors (Dylan and Bethany) of being involved, you do wonder why the suspect did not finish off all potential witnesses.

As the months go by and we arrive at a trial, there will continue to be a lot of speculation.

With that in mind, if I was placing a bet in Vegas, I’d say BK had help to one degree or another.

What do you think happened in those early morning hours at 1122 King Road?

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June 10, 2023 · 12:52 pm

Do Dylan and Bethany Know More from Nov. 13?

If you have been following the Idaho 4 killings closely, the tragedy that took four University of Idaho students back on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, you no doubt have heard the names Dylan and Bethany (pictured first and third L-R in the photo).

Dylan and Bethany are the two young female survivors from that horrific scene that claimed the lives of Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. Goncalves and Mogen were found deceased in Mogen’s third floor bedroom, while Kernodle and Chapin were located in the former’s bedroom on the second floor.

The two survivors were home at the time of the event. Dylan reportedly in a second floor bedroom and Bethany on the ground floor.

It is estimated that the event happened somewhere between 4:05 a.m. and 4:20 a.m. Yes, in such a short span of time, four young lives were tragically ended.

So, how is it that Dylan and Bethany escaped with no injuries and lived to tell about it?

Those following the case closely know that a 911 call for the Moscow Police Department was not made until 11:58 a.m. Some 7-8 hours passed from when the tragedy began to when authorities were alerted of a supposed unconscious individual in the home at 1122 King Road (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_-fAgUSIh8).

We also know from the PCA that was given out a few months back by police that Dylan reportedly saw a figure clad in black and wearing a mask go right past her on the second floor, exiting the home through the kitchen slider door by the patio. Dylan, a Boise resident, was reportedly so frozen that she closed her bedroom door and did not emerge until late that morning.

Okay, how many times have you opened your bedroom around 4:20 ish a.m. and seen a tall, black clothing clad and wearing a mask individual walk by you? I am guessing the response is few to no times. Keep in mind Dylan reportedly opened her bedroom door three times during the 15 minutes or so that the killings were taking place. Dylan reportedly heard noises that included crying and whimpering coming from Kernodle’s room not far from her on the second floor.

Nowhere in the PCA does it mention that Bethany heard or saw anything from her first floor bedroom vantage point. In fact, most assume Bethany slept through it all.

Okay, as a journalist of 30+ years, I have many questions from this. Among them:

  • Why would Dylan not go and knock on Xana’s door after the suspect left the home? Dylan reportedly tried texting different roommates in the home to no avail. Keep in mind that crying and whimpering are two different things. If Dylan heard what she thought was Xana both crying and whimpering, why not go check on her once safe to do so?
  • Why not text and/or go downstairs once safe to do so and get your best friend Bethany up? The two then could have gone to check on Xana together. One would also think checking on the two women on the third floor would be a rationale line of thinking given there appeared to be a stranger in the home at such an odd hour.
  • Why the long delay from when the incident occurred to someone (supposedly Bethany) calling 911? While none of us are privy to the medical examiner’s report, perhaps one or or more of the deceased may have lived had they gotten immediate medical attention. Yes, chances may be slim, but we will not know until more comes out at trial. In fact, much like the tragic Uvalde school shooting in 2022, we may never know here if one or more lives could have been saved if EMT’s were on the scene sooner than later.
  • Finally, is there a chance Dylan and Bethany did not want authorities in the home right away? The home was a well-known party house. Could there have been things in the home that one or more residents would not have wanted police to discover. Trust me, police could care less about drinking and even drugs in a home when there have been four murders.

As we get to an October trial, hopefully we will learn more about what Dylan and Bethany know what really went down those early morning hours at 1122 King Road.

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June 7, 2023 · 3:40 am

Would you convict B.K. as of today?

As we near the start of summer in a few weeks. we’re still many months away from a trial in the murder of four University of Idaho students last Nov. 13 in Moscow.

If you take the time to go online and do some searches of different keyword terms (Idaho4) for example, you will find many stories, videos, pictures, podcasts and so on related to the horror that went down in the early morning hours that Sunday less than two weeks before Thanksgiving.

That said, both the prosecution and defense have targeted Oct. 2 of this year as a date for what could be a six or so week trial to begin.

So, if there were a trial today and you were presented with the evidence we have so far, would you convict the suspect Bryan Kohberger?

If I was sitting on that Idaho jury (be it near where the murders took place or even another county if the trial were to be moved), I would not say this is a slam dunk case by any means.

Yes, DNA is going to be one of if not the big keys in this upcoming trial. That said, you can bet the defense as in the trial of the century nearly 30 years ago (O.J. Simpson) will have their own DNA experts called to testify. If you look at other things such as the suspect’s cell phone activity, driving through the neighborhood on King Road numerous times etc. one would say the state has a strong case.

With that in mind, I still think we will get a plot twist or two once the state has to show all its cards at trial. Could that be a witness (other than Dylan), computer hard drive evidence etc. that could put the final nail in B.K.’s coffin?

As I will note in a future post, I’m not 100 percent convinced at least one more person wasn’t involved in this horrific quadruple murder. For a single person to go into a strange home at 4 ish in the morning and murder four young adults in a span of 13 or so minutes is close to a superhuman accomplishment. Having one or more others involved would make it much easier to carry out. Then again, could additional individuals all manage to keep things quiet, not rat on one another etc.?

As of today, I do not think the State of Idaho has enough with what the public knows now to get a unanimous conviction. Remember, it just takes one juror out of 12 to mess up a conviction.

The state will come forward with more at trial and it will need it to get a unanimous conviction.

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June 4, 2023 · 12:38 pm

How vulnerable was the home on King Road?

What made 1122 King Road stand out to a killer?

When you stand outside the property and walk around it, nothing stands out of note.

Having seen the house in person Memorial Day weekend, I was amazed at how much more compact the neighborhood is than what you see on television. Being there in person gives you an even better appreciation of how on top of one another these homes and apartments are.

That said, the home at 1122 had to stand out for some reason to the alleged killer.

Even more perplexing is did this quadruple murder have to take place to begin with?

The prevailing theory is that the killer entered the home from the kitchen patio door on what is considered the second floor of the three-story residence. It is also reported from one of the two surviving roommates that the killer left the home through that same sliding door.

While it is easy to be a Monday morning quarterback, there were several deficiencies that made the residents at 1122 more vulnerable.

The most glaring one to me was the fact that the patio was accessible to anyone who wanted to go there.

Imagine for a moment if that patio had been surrounded by a big gate and/or fence. Yes, the killer may well had still be able to get in. That said, a big gate/fence surrounding the patio outside the kitchen door would have made it much more challenging. Also, think about how security cameras may have led a killer to think twice about entering. The individual who owned the home at the time of the killings has since given the property to the University of Idaho. It is now boarded up and much more difficult for someone to break in (there is also security there 24/7 now).

We also do not know if the residents (Kaylee, Maddie, Xana, Bethany, Dylan) locked the doors on a regular basis. If they did not, this would have made it so much easier for the killer to come in.

Let’s be honest…. it is Moscow, Idaho and not Chicago or Los Angeles. You’re not expecting to have a quadruple homicide in a town of some 25,000 people. As such, it would not be terribly uncommon for many people to not lock their doors and windows in this quaint little college town.

The old adage that a killer will do whatever it takes to kill is true. Even better security at 1122 King Road may not have prevented this tragedy.

At the end of the day, however, that home was vulnerable as were its occupants on that fateful Nov. 13 morning.

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