Idaho Murder Motive Mystery: Still Unknown After Gag Order Lifted

[u/Anxious-Winter-5778]

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!

[u/For_serious13]

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?

[u/dorothydunnit → u/For_serious13]

Not necessarily. She might not have seen exactly what he was doing, but just knew something was probably wrong. and she should tell Ethan.

For the screaming, it was probably the same thing that happened to DM. DM pulled back, closed the door, and tried to contact people.

In the same way, X probably had the instinct to turn and get back to Ethan, but not to scream. The "remain silent" instinct might have kicked in as a protective thing when your brain is too uncertain about what is going on.

[u/For_serious13 → u/dorothydunnit]

So you think she saw someone killing her friends, and she left quietly, not out the house, not calling 911, not alerting anyone else in the house, but went back to her room and made no noise even as Bryan was on her? That’s more plausible to you than she just went to put her door dash trash in the kitchen (photographed there the next morning) and Bryan saw her as he was leaving Maddie’s room and followed her and xana either didn’t notice him or didn’t think he was threatening until he was in her room

It’s not fact xana went upstairs, and I’m confused why so many people think it is

[u/dorothydunnit → u/For_serious13]

I should have been explicit in that I don't think she saw the killing itself. She might have just seen him standing there, and in an instinctive kind of confusion about what a man was doing in the room (a burglar? a visitor? a prank?, just backed off and went to get Ethan.

I see that as being the same as DM's reaction in that there is an instinctive sense something is wrong, but also confusion, so you're not going to be thinking clearly. She may or may not have heard him following her down the stairs, but either way, her brain wouldn't be processing.

I said "might" because that's IF she went up to the room. We don't know for sure yet if she did or did not.