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Idaho student murders: Haunting theory about vicious killings revealed by father of victim
Washington Examiner ^ | December 05, 2022 09:04 AM | by Jack Birle, Breaking News Reporter |

Posted on 12/05/2022 7:04:16 AM PST by Red Badger

The father of one of the University of Idaho students murdered in their home last month shared his theory about the murderer's target based on their movements once they got in the house.

Steven Goncalves, who is the father of the late Kaylee Goncalves, noted that the murderer's entry point on the middle floor and only going upstairs leads him to believe it may have been intentional.

"I'm not a professional, so I want to specify that, but they've said the entry point was the slider or the window. It was the middle floor. So to me, he doesn't have to go upstairs. His entry and exit are available without having to go upstairs or downstairs. Looks like he probably may have not gone downstairs. We don't know that for sure, but he obviously went upstairs. So I'm using logic that he chose to go up there when he didn't have to," Goncalves said on Fox News's Fox and Friends on Sunday.

Goncalves would not definitely say if he believes his daughter or any roommates were directly targeted in the attack. He also said he has confidence that law enforcement are doing all they can to solve the murders despite closely guarding details of the investigation.

Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Goncalves, 21, were slain in their beds in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13. The four roommates, who lived on the middle and upper floors, were all stabbed with a large knife in the chest and upper body, per local authorities.

The two surviving roommates who lived on the lower floor, Dylan Mortensen, 19, and Bethany Funke, 19, recently spoke out for the first time, saying how much they missed their roommates and detailed the difficult time they were having processing the murders they slept through.

No suspect or motive has been named in the case yet, and other details about the murders have been sparse as police continue to investigate the deaths of the four students.


TOPICS: Education; History; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: bryankohberger; idaho; idahostudents; pennsylvania; students; washington
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To: robowombat; All

Not related. Sorry


21 posted on 12/05/2022 7:57:31 AM PST by robowombat
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To: MplsSteve

There’s something weird about this whole case.

I suspect they know a lot more than they re letting on.


22 posted on 12/05/2022 8:02:16 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: MplsSteve

It’s Idaho........
I lived there at one time.
Give the perp the wilderness and duct tape treatment.


23 posted on 12/05/2022 8:02:28 AM PST by LFOD (Formerly - Iraq, Afghanistan - here to stay...,)
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To: Red Badger

I’ve been closely following the developments.

One thing I can’t figure out. Assuming that we have the two girls upstairs and the BF/GF pair on the entry floor. Unless they BF/GF woke up and confronted the killer, why were they involved?

And if they were involved in whatever is behind this, why not kill them first? He would be the strongest one.

So either the killer decided to kill all four beforehand, or was forced to, due to being discovered. Which, of course is contrary to the statement that all were killed in their beds.

And on that point, it is odd that if the BF discovered the killer, that the killer didn’t flee afterwards. Instead, the GF was killed last... or so I assume.


24 posted on 12/05/2022 8:20:43 AM PST by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: Not_Who_U_Think

How is the blood on the porch/doorstep explained?............


25 posted on 12/05/2022 8:22:29 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Not_Who_U_Think

Or, the BF or GF was the target. Then though, you have no reason to involve the two girls upstairs. If they were awakened by a struggle below, they certainly would have alerted somebody.


26 posted on 12/05/2022 8:24:58 AM PST by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: Red Badger

I haven’t seen the picture of any blood on the porch or doorstep, only the shot where it is leaking beneath the sill plate down the foundation wall.

As far as I know, there are no bloody footprints. Which there certainly should be. Did the killer wear booties? That would be big news.


27 posted on 12/05/2022 8:29:31 AM PST by Not_Who_U_Think
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To: Scarlett156

My 2 dogs sleep on the bed with me. The have woken up several times when they heard a bmp in the night and started barking. Mean mothers.


28 posted on 12/05/2022 8:33:43 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: MplsSteve

Fox likes that white girls were murdered.


29 posted on 12/05/2022 8:34:01 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: Not_Who_U_Think
..only the shot where it is leaking beneath the sill plate down the foundation wall.

Yes, that's what I was referring to. How did it get there?....................

30 posted on 12/05/2022 8:35:09 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: MplsSteve

It’s pretty white girl(s) story.

Natalie Holloway.
Elizabeth Smart.
Debra LaFave.
etc.

I haven’t been following closely, but I have seen nothing on the dude that was murdered...


31 posted on 12/05/2022 8:41:56 AM PST by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin

***Is it certain that the killer was not a woman?****

A jealous lesbian perhaps? The two female victims were sleeping in the same bed and reportedly had a close relationship for several years.

I’ll check to find that article.


32 posted on 12/05/2022 8:42:22 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly, carry tweezers.)
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To: sodpoodle
The two female victims were sleeping in the same bed and reportedly had a close relationship for several years.

They were friends since they were little, and at least one of them had a boyfriend. The boyfriend spoke at the memorial.


33 posted on 12/05/2022 8:46:30 AM PST by Cinnamontea
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To: Cinnamontea

Thanks for the info.


34 posted on 12/05/2022 8:48:11 AM PST by sodpoodle (Life is prickly, carry tweezers.)
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To: Red Badger

I sleep deeply as well. But my wife is rarely that way. In recent years the grandkids occasionally wear her out, and she sleeps soundly. But most of the time she hears everything!


35 posted on 12/05/2022 8:59:42 AM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Zuriel

It’s a ‘mother’ thing.............


36 posted on 12/05/2022 9:03:28 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

“I have always slept like a log.”

D’ja ever wake up in the fireplace?


37 posted on 12/05/2022 9:05:13 AM PST by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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To: Ignatz

No, but I woke up by one..................


38 posted on 12/05/2022 9:08:09 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Not_Who_U_Think

Perhaps the killer killed the BF/GF on the second floor then realized neither was his actual target?


39 posted on 12/05/2022 9:10:22 AM PST by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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To: Red Badger

“only the shot where it is leaking beneath the sill plate down the foundation wall.”

I’ve not heard or read that lab results have confirmed that it is actually bood.


40 posted on 12/05/2022 9:13:15 AM PST by Ignatz (Winner of a prestigious 1960 Y-chromosome award!)
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