re: Idaho Murders Thread (Links inside)

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I wish we could leave the whole "targeted" discussion behind, it doesn't mean anything deeper than the fact that this wasn't a random crime of opportunity committed by some serial killer.

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I don't know that , and neither do you. We're all just speculating.

The day of the crime, the police determined there was "no active threat" after about an hour. Their words, not mine. What did they see that gave them that impression? HOW would they know this enough to make a statement?

I completely see what you're saying with the brutality of it all, but that almost makes it less targeted. If it were just one person, maybe. Anyway, it will all come out eventually. Lots of rumors are flying around campus.

Kids knew them and will talk. There is always a bit of truth in every rumor, so at some point we'll get a better picture.

I haven’t noticed it since the affidavit and as information gets better. At first there was drug speculation but that seems irrelevant at this point other than explaining why she may have passed out.

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Has there been excessive accusations and “beating up” on her?

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Only that she was possibly drunk or high or trippin. Hell one theory yesterday claimed her bf was dealing drugs and the others found out about it so the bf hired BK to murder them. Oh and then he swung by the house the next morning to get paid for the killing. Yeah she’s been beat up quite a bit with some stupid accusations

I don't think that sounds unreasonable.

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It was a fairly safe assumption that these murders were "targeted" and had some sort of reasoning and emotion behind them from the beginning, when there were almost zero facts floating out there. And that's just based on the circumstances

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Targeted only in the sense that he wanted to kill. BK arrived at WSU in late June. The campus is 1700 miles from his home. Cell phone pings put him in the area at least 12 times, late at night going back 2 months prior to the killing. That means that within 3 months of his arrival to a place he’d likely never been, he was actively hunting, stalking and plotting his crime. We know his educational background and interests and the phd he was pursuing. We also know that he was online in a Facebook forum discussing the murders and questioning the group with almost identical questions he used to conduct criminal behavioral research at Desales university.

The night of the killing shows a switch in his behavior. Despite going into the area at least a dozen times in the 10 to 2am timeframe, when he left his house this time he switched off his phone. It was also much later at night. This can only be interpreted as he had gone from plotting to doing. He was escalating his behavior. He can also be seen circling the area including catching the attention of a gas station attendant who saw him make a high speed turn. Imo he was behaving like someone amping himself up for his first kill. The rest happened how it happened. Hie hit the front door and didn’t stop until he had murdered 4 people.

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I never claimed to have inside information.

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Perhaps you got a message from Minou? I wish the next evidence dump was the forensics on his phone and computer.

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That's how they determined it wasn't an active threat just out there committing random murders when he has the open window of opportunity.

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Yes, but how did they determine the killer didn't have other targets? Just because the scene was awful and seemed like the person meant what they were doing didn't mean the killer couldn't have other coeds right around the corner in his lineup.

What made the police so sure it was targeted and there was "no active threat?"

Being in my early 20's during the DTL fiasco has me thinking from a more personal angle. If the police had said there was "no active threat" I would have put my guard down and realized they knew who it was and they had sights on him.

Instead, women were given all sorts of advice on staying safe. I'm just picking it up as odd wording, but maybe I'm looking too much into it.

I would assume that any brutal stabbing murder would be intentional (aka "targeted"), so why jump so fast on the "no active threat" part. It's like they knew from the very beginning.

First chance to check in. Anything new today worth ready back 10 pages?

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. Anything new today worth ready back 10 pages?

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No

That makes complete sense. Still, the brutal nature of this crime leads me to believe the killer would strike again unless there was a very specific motive. Murderers (brutal) usually aren't of the "one and done" mindset.

I'm talking myself in circles lol. Again, what the police release to the public - or what comes to light during the trial - will be very interesting.