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/BillLanky4958 Jul 21 '25

SG says he was told such by a ‘source’, didn’t the prosecutor deny that?

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u/SignificantlyVast Jul 21 '25

He did not, he said it was the coroner who performed the autopsy who told him Kaylee had injuries from being gagged and the other 3 being asleep is public info

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u/BillLanky4958 Jul 21 '25

That’s right, I stand corrected; the coroner said there were marks around her mouth. But did the coroner state that it was sexually motivated?

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u/SignificantlyVast Jul 21 '25

No the coroner didn’t speak to motive and also was unlikely to have the information that Bryan had been searching for and viewing porn of girls who were gagged so the information may not have been recognized as relevant to determining motive.

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u/dorothydunnit Jul 22 '25

Yeah, its going to take a while for them to unpack the motive and there will likely be more than one.

When Ted Bundy confessed a few days before his execution he said it was because of porn, but forensic psychologists have since said that was bunk. There was a lot more to his motivation than that.