To the poster who asked why I feel scared considering I don’t live in Idaho - it’s not that I’m specifically scared of Bryan Kohberger. It’s more that I’m horrified that this could happen at all - it just makes me so scared to imagine what people are capable of. The innocence of the victims too - they either didn’t know the killer at all or had just a loose connection to him (like a PP said - there are theories that he came into the restaurant where Xana and Maddie worked, or other theories that Kaylee had an OnlyFans and he was a follower on there.) Either way, for a near stranger to hunt them down and do this to them is horrifying. Nobody deserves to die like this, but the fact that there was nothing they could have done to protect themselves because they didn’t even know that someone was after them is awful.
The affidavit being released has made it so much worse. I can’t stop thinking about Xana. I had previously imagined that they’d all been asleep when it happened - still awful but it made me feel better to think that they’d not known what had happened - not felt fear. I read previously that Kaylee’s father had announced that he’d been told the deaths were fast. They weren’t left bleeding out but died almost instantly from their severe wounds. But the think that Xana got a food delivery at 4. She was wide awake. Was Ethan too? I don’t know.
The thing that I find very weird and disturbing is that the neighbour’s CCTV camera - 50 odd food away - captured noises. The dog barking, voices, what sounded like a whimper, and a loud thud. I find it odd that Dylan heard some noises, but apparently not these noises? The fact that Dylan was awake has also blown my mind. I just don’t understand it. Previous residents of the house have said that you can hear literally everything that goes on in the house - you can hear every voice from every room, every footstep. He even said he had to stop using his desk chair because the sound of the wheels on the floor was so loud for the roommate below. And Dylan said she heard someone - possibly Kaylee, say “There’s someone here” and then Xana crying and a male voice (presumably the killer’s) saying “I’m here to help you.” So I can’t get my head around how she didn’t hear everything that happened, especially if the neighbours camera so far away did. I’m not saying she is involved in any way - I don’t think she is. I just want to know what she thought was happening?? Or how it came to be that she didn’t call the police for so long.
Another thing I can’t stop thinking about is Bryan: If he was so clever and the best criminology student his teacher had ever taught, and had done loads of research and thought he could get away with it - why did he make so many stupid mistakes? Why drive his own car? Why take his phone all the times he stalked them? Why leave the sheath? Did it fall, or was it planted to make police think they were looking for a military man as some people say? Why did he (supposedly) go to online discussion forums and tell people details about the crime they only the killer would know?
And lastly, Bethany. Why wasn’t Bethany even mentioned by police?
I know we have no right to answers but I just want some! Like a PP said, I’m obsessed with the case purely because it is a perfect example of the horrors that human beings are capable of and how anyone can fall victim to this evil. It’s really scary and somehow understanding will make it … better? Worse? I don’t know. I just want to understand.
PS: I was expecting to get flamed for posting this here but I’m so glad so many other people feel the same way. I really wanted to get it off my chest!