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Why did Kaylee and Maddie go unchecked for nearly 8 hours?

Whether you think Bryan Kohberger is guilty as sin, may be involved with others, or is completely innocent, so many questions remain in the killings of four Idaho students in November 2022.

With the recent details showing survivors Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke were texting and even talking in-person after the murders took place on the second and third floors of the 1122 King Road residence, various questions still go unanswered. While those answers may come out at trial this summer, one question I have had for a while now is simple.

Why did no one living in the home (Dylan and Bethany) or several students who later came to the residence before authorities arrived at approximately 12-12:30 p.m. local time ever go check on Kaylee or Maddie on the third floor?

As the story goes, there were two victims on the third floor (Kaylee and Maddie) and two on the middle floor (Xana and Ethan). Since their vehicles were at the home all morning and after 12, wouldn’t one of the two survivors or friends who came to the home wonder where Kaylee and Maddie were? They supposedly texted/called them and got no response. As such, wouldn’t you go up and knock on their door/s at some point that morning? And where was Kaylee’s dog all this time? Hard to imagine the dog was not barking at some point during the morning.

As someone who has lived in a multi-story home both with family and roommates, the home at 1122 King Road was not some huge estate spread out on several acres. This makes it all the more confusing that there was no apparent contact with the two victims and the top floor until their lifeless bodies were sadly discovered.

While I have never accused Dylan or Bethany with being directly involved, their stories have many holes. If I was a juror this summer in Boise, there are MANY things I would want to know from these two.

One of the biggest questions I’d want an answer to, why you apparently never went and checked on the two oldest roommates on the third floor, especially after one of you said they saw a masked individual in the home in the very early morning hours.

So, why do you think no one apparently checked on Kaylee and Maddie for nearly eight hours, especially when their vehicles were out front and they couldn’t be reached on their phones?

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