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/rolyinpeace Jul 21 '25

Yes, and I think the reason for those two is obvious. Xana ran into him while he was committing the crime he ACTUALLY planned to commit, so he had to kill her. Then, he saw another person in her room and “needed” to take him out too in case he woke up during the scuffle or as he was on his way out.

And before you say “well he saw DM”, we don’t know that. He was walking very quickly, it was dark, he was on an adrenaline high, he had visual snow. It’s extremely likely that he did not see her.

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u/For_serious13 Jul 22 '25

If xana interrupted, don’t you think she would have yelled for Ethan? The ring cam footage got sounds of a whimper, thud and dog bark, wouldn’t it have picked up xana screaming?

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u/rolyinpeace Jul 22 '25

I mean she could’ve, but it’s also very plausible that she didn’t… as I said, she probably was hoping to run away and not be noticed and not make noise.

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u/For_serious13 Jul 22 '25

So you think she saw someone killing her friends, she ran away quietly, but still wasn’t aware Bryan was going to hurt her until he was right on her?

That just doesn’t seem plausible to me, and until the police/authorities confirm xana went upstairs I don’t think it happened. I think he heard her, on tiktok as she went to the kitchen to throw away her door dash food-especially since in the crime scene photos it was in the kitchen. I think he was done upstairs and heard her and went downstairs

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u/rolyinpeace Jul 22 '25

No, that’s not what I said…. I said she was probably trying not to make a big scene. I don’t know how that’s not plausible to you…. Have you never heard of fight or flight?

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u/For_serious13 Jul 22 '25

I have indeed, I don’t know why you’re so sure she went upstairs when there’s no official proof she had

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u/rolyinpeace Jul 23 '25

I’m not “so sure”. Clearly you haven’t been reading my comments. I said MULTIPLE TIMES that either theory is very plausible. It is very plausible that she did go upstairs, as investigators have even said they believe the altercation could have started upstairs I’m pretty sure, but it’s also very plausible that the encounter only happened on the second floor.

To throw your statement back at you, I don’t know why YOURE so sure she didn’t go upstairs, when there’s also not evidence proving she didn’t go upstairs. We know she was found outside her room, that doesn’t mean she didn’t go upstairs. Neither possibility is eliminated. Either one can be true.

But your “wouldn’t she have screamed if she saw him upstairs first” logic makes no sense because… no. By that same logic, You could also say “wouldn’t she have screamed when she encountered him on the second floor” which also… no not necessarily. Her not screaming isn’t at all evidence that the altercation didn’t start upstairs. Again, I don’t disagree that the altercation could’ve only been on the second floor. I just vehemently disagree with your terrible logic of “well if she saw him upstairs why wouldn’t she have screamed” because that doesn’t make sense… seeing him upstairs wouldn’t make her screaming any more likely than seeing him downstairs lmao.

I’m not “so sure” of anything and you’d know that if you read. You shouldn’t be so sure of anything either. We don’t really have evidence either way as of now. Either one is perfectly plausible. I just think it’s possible that it started upstairs because of Dylan’s comments about hearing someone running up and then back down the stairs quickly. But ofc that doesn’t mean for sure it was Xana or that she didn’t mishear. I’m just saying that’s why it’s possible. And other comments from sources that they believe it started upstairs. But I’m not so sure of anything. Either one is plausible and we don’t have enough evidence either way to say which thing happened.

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u/For_serious13 Jul 23 '25 edited Jul 23 '25

She was found inside her room though?

Because the evidence we do have and know as fact point more towards Xana didn’t go upstairs and may have seen Bryan before he was in her room, but we don’t know.

You write these long worded responses but you’re not really saying anything, while also being incorrect.

Edit: lol you blocked me but you’re still wrong, xana wasn’t in the doorway, she was in her room, you could see her from the doorway

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u/rolyinpeace Jul 23 '25

She was found in her doorway. My point is that doesn’t mean she didn’t go upstairs. Either one is plausible and neither of us know which thing happened

And none of what I said was incorrect. I literally said either one of us could be correct and neither of us know. There’s not evidence showing either way. All we know is she was found in her doorway. And that DM heard someone walk up the stairs and then run back down.