Tiktok has blown up this case and these are some reasonable points to the big questions:
How come the accused’s father drove home with him on the 2500 mile trip? The car was being used by the accused in Idaho as it was picked on camera up numerous times in the area. The father lived in Pennsylvania according to reports. Why was he in Idaho?
It's a ridiculously long drive and not unreasonable to imagine a father wanting to help his son after an exhausting semester. Maybe they enjoyed father-son road trips before so the journey itself was a planned experience.
Xana’s body was apparently found in the bedroom doorway. How come the survivor on the same floor didn’t see it but saw the accused walking past her bedroom door? How was she close enough to see his bushy eyebrows in the dark but he didn’t see her? He’d just murdered 4 people in minutes. Why leave a witness?
This has me baffled too. Some 3D renderings of the floorplan claim that she was never in his direct line of sight and maybe it was possible that she saw his profile in passing. Considering he stalked the house 12 times in the past and followed everyone on social media he definitely knew there were two more roommates and where they slept. One theory is that he let two live to make the case more complicated. That points to them as the obvious suspects and at one point armchair detectives were convinced it was Dylan's boyfriend. He had some disturbing photos of himself wearing a balaclava and those went viral on social media.
How come noises and screaming was picked up on neighbour’s security cameras but someone on the same floor didn’t hear the sounds of two people on the same floor being murdered? One was a well built young man. Not sure if the recording is authentic but a female was picked up as saying ‘leave me alone’. Would you be saying that if someone was coming for you with a knife?! Did all 4 victims not make any obvious sounds while being stabbed to death especially as there were 2 people in each room and we know at least one was alive.
If they were ambushed in their sleep then it's possible that they didn't make much sound, out of shock and confusion. The security camera only picked up a thump and a few screams I believe and it was on the other side of Kaylee's room. I also think that many people don't react the way we may assume based on films and TV. Eg Victims of sexual assault also often report being silent instead of attempting to fight off the attacker or draw attention. Same for a midnight stabbing...the mind is probably in shock and screaming means you have to accept someone is trying to kill you. The more logical, self-preservation part would try to rationalise it away as a prank, a hazing ritual at the wrong address (big frat houses nearby) or even a bad lucid dream.
Who opened the door to the food delivery at 4am? The packaging was on the side of the sink so was obviously opened and eaten. How long would it take to eat a burger etc? So Xana was eating her food and on Tik Tok while her roommates were being murdered upstairs? Did she have headphones on?
The theory is that she went to sleep soon after as she was in her room and not the kitchen when it happened. Another reasonable explanation is that party houses are utterly chaotic (only understandable by people who have lived in them) so noises, shouting, screaming and random things happening at all hours is not often a cause of alarm. She could well have had noise cancelling headphones or assumed noises were coming from a film, an argument with someone's guest, drunk people from the nearby party etc. This seems like a believable reason why Dylan waited so long before calling the cops. She may have seen Bryan looking creepy AF but she thought it was someone's guest leaving and just wanted to sleep at that point (it was 4:00am) so locked herself in her room and slept.
Surely the accused knew he’d dropped his knife sheath somewhere.He would have noticed as soon ad he went to dispose of the knife. If he went back the next morning when the house was still silent and there was no police there, why didn’t he pick it up? It was apparently prominently displayed right on one of the beds! He was doing a PhD in Criminology!
He would not have risked being seen by one of the surviving roommates. He stalked the house 12 times so he knew exactly who was living there. I think he may have just been passing to see whether there were cop cars outside rather than the genuine intent of picking up the sheath. There is strong speculation that he was posting under the account Pappa Rodgers on Facebook and that person repeatedly said that a knife sheath was left at the scene. If it had been a sore mistake, why would they draw attention to it.
The things that are still open for me are:
Why was he not shitting himself when the FBI released his exact car make and model? It was clear now that the police feigned ignorance at the beginning but releasing the car seems like a huge deal. They risked him unaliving himself like Brian Laundrie once they realised the cops were onto him.
Why is nobody talking about the fact he shows clear signs of incel ideology. The rapid weightloss was part of the "gymcel" concept where improving physical appearance may improve your chances with women. He also picked girls to stalk who were clear "Staceys", hot popular girls that are despised yet desired by incels.
Another contentious topic is that he doesn't appear entirely neurotypical. The obsessiveness, social awkwardness, rigidity to rules, restrictive eating and the fact he actually comes from a relatively normal and loving home so it wasn't a product of abuse. A waitress from a restaurant posted their Christmas table reservation shortly after the arrest on Tiktok. His mother specifically requested a table with dim lighting which is pretty odd. Maybe she knew he had sensory issues or she was aware he had injuries on his hands and was hoping to hide them from other witnesses.