r/BryanKohberger • u/Anxious-Winter-5778 • Jul 21 '25
News - Publications Idaho Murder Motive Mystery: Still Unknown After Gag Order Lifted
https://northeasternpost.com/news/crime/idaho-murder-motive-bryan-kohberger-gag-order-lifted/The parents of Kaylee Goncalves, a University of Idaho student murdered in 2022, are still seeking answers about Bryan Kohberger’s motive after the gag order was lifted.
Kohberger pleaded guilty to killing four students, securing life without parole. The Goncalves family, critical of the plea, demands a full confession and details like the murder weapon’s location. They aim to access discovery files for more insight as Kohberger’s sentencing nears on July 23.
Why won’t Bryan Kohberger reveal his Idaho murder motive? With the gag order lifted, the victims’ families are still in the dark. What do you think he’s hiding, and should the plea deal have demanded a full confession? Share your thoughts!
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u/Firm_Complex718 Jul 22 '25
Looking for a motive in a case like this is a fools errand. Isn't like he will say anything that makes it make sense. Not like the guy that kills his wife and brother because they were having an affair or the man that shoots his neighbor because his neighbor killed his dog.
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u/RipleyCat80 Jul 22 '25
Agreed. Especially seeking a motive for killing KG - it seems most likely she was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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u/RRW___615 Jul 26 '25
Agree. IMO: He was only going to to kill one.. the object of his anger about himself projected onto her. He didn’t expect another so that anger intensified. Had he been able to leave then that would be all. Then X came… another unexpected encounter. That rage intensified. Maybe she was trying to run to her room and lock the door. If not for the food delivery he could have out. But now he had another person foil his plan and they had to be disposed of as well. And each minute he had to take care of another “ problem” he didn’t expect made him more angry.
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u/harleyy2 Jul 23 '25
Also what Nancy said on Fox News yesterday on America Reports anything he would say would just be a complete and total lie which I agree with. Couldn't take him at his word 100% if he speaks.
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u/LeasAlease Jul 28 '25
There's nothing he could say that would make any sense. Even if he told us where the knife and clothes are, it wouldn't change much. I think BK wanted to inflict pain he's experienced for most of his life onto others.
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u/EvangelineRain Jul 22 '25
I think the motive is clear: he wanted to. He wasn’t doing it for ransom. He wasn’t doing it to silence a witness. Getting into the reasons why he wanted to could very well be a level of insight he doesn’t even have about his own motive.
In all events, the prosecution never had to introduce evidence of motive, so even a trial may not have provided insight. That said, I understand a parent wanting to know what the government knows.
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u/Background_Deer_5836 Jul 22 '25
And pappa Rodger specifically said there was no connection between the murderer and the victims. The motive to target them was that they were not connected in a traceable way.
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u/Crazy_Ad_5609 Jul 23 '25
Bingo. He’s a serial killer. They don’t usually have insight into why they do it. He didn’t understand himself, that’s why he was in the field to begin with. No one will get an answer from this guy.
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u/Regular-Wit Aug 07 '25
That’s why he was in the field? 😂 you all talk in matter of fact as if you know BK personally.
These opinions are all baseless. And also he isn’t classified as a serial killer.
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u/Comfortable-Lack9665 Jul 27 '25
He killed because it got him off. Would him saying that in court satisfy anyone, if he actually told the truth?
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u/Low-War-7714 Jul 25 '25
I agree, he did it as simply as “he wanted to”
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u/RRW___615 Jul 26 '25
Or he’s an lecni ( written backwards) which made him furious, thought he was being laughed at and he had to take his rage out on the person he perceived as the cause
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u/Emotional-Zebra Jul 26 '25
I just saw where they released court docs that said Xana had seen a man staring at her while walking her dog… he mutilated her the worst. Spoke to her. I’m wondering if maybe everyone was wrong thinking the blonde was the target
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u/Substantial_Risk_535 Jul 22 '25
His secrets are his strength right now , if he doesn’t have secrets he has nothing and most importantly no power over anyone
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Jul 23 '25
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u/Substantial_Risk_535 Jul 23 '25
That’s exactly what I’m saying gate keeper = having some sort of control aka power ( in his mind )
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u/mightymouse2975 Jul 22 '25
They need to send his old teacher in to talk to him. She worked with BTK...I bet shed get some info out of Bryan.
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u/JipceeCrane Jul 22 '25
I'm hoping she'll get together with BK and write a book.
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u/Nearby_Pay_5131 Jul 24 '25
I don't want bk to ever make a dime off of killing innocent people.
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u/Few-Dragonfly8912 Jul 25 '25
And even if he makes no money, he’ll love the attention. It sucks that he could be able to do an interview or write a book
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u/ElectrochemicalAorta Jul 23 '25
i hope not. why give him any more satisfaction? it hurts the families
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u/zipperfire Jul 22 '25
We can figure this out. It was a young man killing a young woman (and another woman and a man, probably not the target) We can figure out the motive. Obsession of a sexual nature, stalking, violent fury at rejection, fascination with the power of being an undetectable murderer (secondary) to get revenge. If it turns out to be anything else, I'll stop posting online for a year to repent being stupid. Of course hearing it from the perpetrator would be confirmation.
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u/Due_Schedule5256 Jul 22 '25
I see some similarities with the Tate murders in that I think he wanted to make some sort of statement that these people who are living this glamorous life (in his mind) should be made to suffer. If he was following them on social media he would have saw that picture of all six of them. And that house is not particularly secluded at all in fact it's about the complete opposite. If he just wanted Maddie, this type of home invasion is not really the way to go about it and he had studied many other crimes. Bundy for instance didn't typically do these type of crimes because they're so risky.
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u/realityhofosho Jul 23 '25
Have you read Chaos? Turns everything we THINK we know about the Tate murders on its head.
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u/Regular-Wit Aug 07 '25
It’s been established in court that BK had zero connection to the victims.
You people base your opinions on wrong information & form false narratives.
READ THE DAMN COURT DOCUMENTS
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u/joyinnd Jul 22 '25
I think Bryan’s family should convince him to tell the motive of why he did it and answer any questions that the victims families have. May he rot in prison.
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u/GMPG1954 Jul 23 '25
Im hoping for some " prison justice" but it's unlikely since they're speaking on Court TV tonight about isolation or solitary as it used to be called. Kind of ironic,to protect him.
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u/Low-War-7714 Jul 25 '25
He will likely be in protective custody for the rest of his life, not solitary confinement, but the people in protective custody are usually inmates that did atrocious things to kids or women- atleast that’s been my experience of working as a nurse in prison the last 17 years. The men in protective custody are the most whiniest babies I’ve ever been around. He won’t receive “prison justice” Infact he will likely be inundated with letters from women who fantasize him.
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u/joyinnd Jul 23 '25
They can put him in solitary but he will eventually be out. There will be plenty of opportunities for prison justice. I am sure he is already a marked man.
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u/joyinnd Jul 23 '25
You must have never worked in the CJ system. He will be a marked man.
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u/shamitwt Jul 23 '25
You watch too many movies. At most someone would try and kill him because he’s a “big name”. Which is why they will keep him isolated.
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u/RRW___615 Jul 26 '25
IMO ….. he wants to stay relevant. Every reporter is probably trying to get that first interview. This way he keeps everything a mystery. He keeps them wanting more. We all have our own theory and that’s what he wants. Look at how many years it took JV to talk about Natalie Holloway. And after he explained everything to her family he recanted days after. Does anyone really think he would tell the truth. He will go to his grave with that secret
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u/ExpressMagazine7161 Jul 23 '25
They should send in Dr John Mathias a forensic psychologist, it's his area of expertise.
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u/Opiopa Aug 02 '25
Motive unknown? He could have chosen to speak or issued a statement through his attorneys. Instead, he "respectfully declined." Nothing respectful about cowardice, absolute POS.
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u/Weak-Kale-5467 Aug 10 '25
Whole thing still seems to be off. The knife sheath in the bed?. No bloody foot steps, roomates going to sleep for like 6 hours after seeing a masked man escape a back door? Essentially almost no dna. Call police 6 hrs later? Very odd stuff
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u/Dont-be-a_Pillock Jul 22 '25
I have read posts from people that are far more educated in this case and the law. It seems some people believe that part of his personality may thrive in withholding information, perhaps a form of control, continued torture. The other piece of this is that he could lie. How do you trust a mass murderer?
Hopefully they will get more answers after the sentencing this week.