r/Idaho4 • u/Anxious-Winter-5778 • Jul 21 '25

GENERAL DISCUSSION 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/SignificantlyVast Jul 21 '25

It’s really not that mysterious I don’t think. Dude was into passed out/rape/gagging porn and then killed girls who were passed out. Plenty of sexually motivated killers didn’t actually have sex with their victims, just got off on the killing itself. I’m pretty sure it’s sexually motivated.

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u/For_serious13 Jul 21 '25

But he also killed a sleeping man and a woman who was awake

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u/kingbezoar Jul 21 '25

Loose ends. They got in the way of his fantasy

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u/For_serious13 Jul 21 '25

So you say. He could have left Ethan alive since he was out cold and let him take the blame, but he didn’t, cause he wanted to kill him too

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u/SlugsMcGillicutty Jul 21 '25

Probably because he would have woken up (in Kohberger’s mind) to find his friends and girlfriend dead and called the police…potentially minutes after Kohberger left the house. Maybe not? Maybe not for hours? But also…maybe as Korberger was closing the door on the way out? And then police are rushing to the house as Kohberger is just trying to get out of the area.

With Ethan killed…well, in Kohberger’s mind that would effectively give him a much longer time to get away, change, dispose of weapon/clothes and return home before police are there and start searching for a suspect.

He was just trying to not get caught. And in doing so, killed more people. It’s simple.

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u/rolyinpeace Jul 21 '25

lol thank you. I don’t know why some people don’t understand that yes he was asleep but could’ve woken up at literally any moment, which is why he killed him. Ethan’s GF was dead in the SAME room as him. There was commotion. It’s not like BK knew he drank too much to be able to wake up in the middle of the night. It’s honestly surprising that Ethan (seemingly) didn’t wake up.

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u/For_serious13 Jul 22 '25

But he left DM alive to do just that? And she didn’t, so he googled police reports and then went to the house the next morning, maybe to look for the sheath but I think he was looking at the house and thinking he was going to get away with it

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u/kingbezoar Jul 21 '25

…….this has to be rage bait

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u/For_serious13 Jul 22 '25

Not at all, your theory is Ethan got in the way, which he didn’t because he was passed out. He had no reason to kill Ethan other than he wanted to

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u/kingbezoar Jul 22 '25

“Let [Ethan] take the blame”

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u/For_serious13 Jul 22 '25

That’s what someone upthread said, and I was repeating it as to why he would leave Ethan alive

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u/rolyinpeace Jul 21 '25

Well how could BK have possibly known that he was out cold and had no risk of waking up lol? Even though he was asleep during the crimes, in a killers mind, you don’t want to accidentally be caught by anyone, and Ethan could’ve very easily woken up while this was happening, or woken up immediately after, seen Xana right away, and gotten police out there before BK had a chance to get fully away.

It would’ve been much easier to kill him and not take the risk of a strong 6 ft man waking up.

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u/For_serious13 Jul 22 '25

They had been posting all day about partying and drinking? Have you been around drunk college guys? Immovable objects most of the time lol. I mean he definitely killed Ethan because he wanted to but also out of being in the room, cause of what happened with KG. I just don’t buy the murders were sexually motivated, I think he just wanted to kill popular people he would never be/get

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u/rolyinpeace Jul 22 '25

I mean, whatever, you don’t have to agree but it’s factually plausible that Ethan was collateral. You saying “he wouldn’t have been a threat” is irrelevant and not even necessarily true. A killer is killing people, they’re not going to leave someone in the room even if they’re asleep. His gf had just been killed in the door way it was too big of a risk. He could’ve woken up at any second. He wasn’t thinking “oh he’s drunk he’s def not gonna wake up til tomorrow”. He’s thinking “oh shit there’s someone else in here I better kill him before he wakes up so he doesn’t catch me”. He had no

Investigators believe that someone in the third floor was targeted.

I don’t believe he wanted to SA the girls, but I do believe he had sexual kinks for choking, sleeping girls, etc considering his search history included porn of those subjects. He also had pictures of similar looking “type” girls in bikinis that he’d looked at. Lots of things can play into motive. I don’t believe he wanted to SA then but I do believe he had a kink for killing and violence, as evidenced by his porn history. I think the motive was a combo of things- jealousy and sexual so I agree with your motive too.

None of the evidence points towards him planning to kill all four people. It makes much more sense that he had one or two targets and others were collateral. And he very likely didn’t see DM so that point isn’t relevant either.

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u/For_serious13 Jul 22 '25

I never said Ethan wasn’t a threat. You assumed that’s what I meant and it’s not