Crime Blotter: Suspect in deaths of Idaho students arrested in Pennsylvania
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I mean, it's like this criminologist PhD moron never saw a single episode of "CSI"......
I think he was only 1 semester in but point well taken.
That said....the number of people with degrees I have known over the years who are dumb as a rock is astounding......
Short version:
I can show you this in every single career field sadly.
Selma version:
Vincent Bugliosi, the late prosecutor who nailed Charles Manson, said in his book "Outrage" (about the OJ trial) that he always assumed his opposing lawyer was going to be incompetent - and observed he was rarely wrong. When he pointed out that people assume lawyers are all a bunch of Clarence Darrow types, he noted that the degree on the wall is nothing more than your entry ticket to the arena - what you do with it is up to you.
Btw - I thought that book was more valuable for its candid observations about life from a lawyer than it was for anything new about OJ; anyone who thinks OJ didn't do it is a Grade A imbecile - as Bugliosi said, "they just played a game at the trial."
Two things stuck with me vividly from that book:
1) he observed that (generally at least in 1995) the most admired occupation is judges and the most despised are lawyers and politicians, which is insane when you remember that almost every judge is both a lawyer AND a politician to a point. A $25 robe miraculously grants powers of character and wisdom to the most despised occupations of society.
2) his assumption of incompetence regarding everyone and everything. He noted that we all START with the assumption everyone is competent and yet the real world shows us that that is 180 degrees wrong. After all, how often does the fast food restaurant give you the wrong order or the hotel not have something you need in the room? How often to people fail at the every day things that take no intellect or talent to actually do? It happens far too often to all of us and BY all of us.
Couple more thoughts.....
To those wondering why it took so long for the stabbings to be reported by surviving occupants, I wonder if it's possible that there was some drug use involved at the house, thus reluctance to call law enforcement.
Also, in regards to evidence, all the public knows at this point is what was stated in the affidavit. There could be much more evidence we don't know about. Remember, the affidavit's purpose was to provide just enough information to make the arrest, that's all.
I feel we will see more evidence forthcoming.
To those wondering why it took so long for the stabbings to be reported by surviving occupants, I wonder if it's possible that there was some drug use involved at the house, thus reluctance to call law enforcement.
Also, in regards to evidence, all the public knows at this point is what was stated in the affidavit. There could be much more evidence we don't know about. Remember, the affidavit's purpose was to provide just enough information to make the arrest, that's all.
I feel we will see more evidence forthcoming.
The behaviors of the survivors are puzzling, particularly the one who saw him. Also, if the motive were to see if he could get away with murder (my favorite theory), why did he just brush by her without killing her also on his way out?
Agreed...but most crimes of which I've read are never fully fool proof -- the press of the moment causes one to make a "fatal" error. I don't get a motive unless he is so imbalanced as to play the "I'm smarter than the police detectives" game.
There are a lot of unanswered questions in this scenario...
It's possible he didn't see her - hard to know without more info.
I think this was a targeted killing. Not so much as him trying to get away with a murder but that he targeted one of the girls he had some infatuation with.
Pretty sure this is what they are talking about.
Idaho murder victims' surviving roommate heard cry and saw masked man in home, police affidavit says - CBS News
This story
Doesn't line up with this
A Timeline of the Idaho Student Murders - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
So they heard cries and saw a guy in ski mask walk out of the house at 4am, locked the door, didn't check on anyone, then found the roommates and called 911 at 11:58am.
The analysis from the affidavit that he returned to the scene of the crime could have been an attempt to retrieve the knife sheath that he left behind.
I saw in the news he also changed his car's title 5 days after the murders.
Idaho suspect changed car title 5 days after college student slayings, records show
Bryan Christopher Kohberger, who is accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students, changed the title of his car five days after the murder.
Then there's the fact his cell phone was turned off - and then back on later after the murders (see video in post #32).
Also this.....
Idaho suspect in student murders thoroughly cleaned vehicle, also seen wearing surgical gloves multiple times outside family home, source says | CNN
The man accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in November had thoroughly cleaned the interior and exterior of his car and was also seen wearing surgical gloves multiple times before being apprehended, a law enforcement source tells CNN.
www.cnn.com
He was trying....
I think we can agree he was no Ted Bundy...
I just thought of another possibility.
What if he was after one of the girls and didn't know which bedroom she was in?
He finally finds her, kills her, then leaves because he's accomplished his objective. Unfortunately he murdered two more persons before finding the right bedroom...
I think there's a possibility these aren't his first murders. Bundy had to work his way up to terrorizing a whole dorm...I just thought of another possibility.
What if he was after one of the girls and didn't know which bedroom she was in?
He finally finds her, kills her, then leaves because he's accomplished his objective. Unfortunately he murdered two more persons before finding the right bedroom...
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