I find it interesting when I hear the statements about how this was meticulously planned. I don’t think it was at all.
There is no way a careful plan for a hands on murder lands a calculated killer in a house full of people.
The more I think of the evidence that is present the more it looks to me like one or more of these situations-
1) BK didn’t care if he got caught, as he was eager to seek the fame and live the life of a killer, so while he deliberately did not place evidence, he was not as diligent as we would expect him to be
2) BK obsessed over some details of the crime planning, and failed to consider some details that were vitally important to preventing forensic evidence
3) BK placed evidence on purpose thinking LE would need a hand, and they located him quicker than he expected
4) BK is not at all as bright as people think, he has some book knowledge that seems a smoke screen for his lack of common sense, scatterbrained ness, and mental health issues that prevent high order detailed/ focused planning for that day as well as broad planning in time.
I'd pick 2), 4) and 1) in that order of importance and totally skip placing evidence (IMO the steath was his, was left on accident and belonged to the murder weapon; I do not discount that he might have done something evidence-altering with his electronics, though, but we know nothing about any of that).
I have a MA in criminology. It is more sociology based than science. I wouldn't have the foggiest about how routers work. I also wouldn't have the foggiest about the science of forensics beyond the basics. The MA in criminology is more about the behaviours and social aspect of criminals and CJS.
MOO: while BK might have some extra knowlegde about phones and computers, I think his education is very far from a forensic experts and I also believe he was not acting rationally as he entered a house with 6 people and a dog to stab 4 people. Just saying. Even the smartest people in the world do stupid mistakes due to emotions/conditions/being caught off guard etc.
IMO, remember that a fight or disagreement may have occurred at the frat house before the murders.
This actually gave me interesting thoughts. While we know that BK departed towards Moscow from his home at ~2.40, we have no idea where he was and what he was doing before that. By 2.40, all victims were home, too. Could they have met during that day or night, followed by BK going home and starting preping for the attack, full of emotion? It has been stated how many times he was near the home, but nothing about how many times he could have been near any of the victims (though it is hinted that they don't know the connection - but this does not really rule it out). Or maybe entering the house was attempt2, as an attempt to get the target on her own failed that night?
Throughout the investigation, before the arrest, LE was asking for tips and telling people they were interested in information to gain context into the events. They repeatedly posted : "Our focus is the investigation, not the activities."
Looking back now, what do you make of this?
They could have been looking for a motive. They could have been just distracting BK. There could be an unrelated incident that night, that had to be ruled out. The
activities is most likely hinting at some illegal activities they don't care about, be it alcohol use, drug use, academic theft or a physical argument.
The neighbor told Fox News this week that the front door — which opens to the level where
two other roommates were unharmed — was wide open around 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 13.
I am still interested if that info was true or not and if it is connected to BKs return or not. But I kinda feel like had the door been open for a longer period at that late, more people would have seen that and AFAIK, none have came forward.
Im sure this means nothing but just an observation, BCK was an HVAC trainee in High School and we all were curious why only a couple of days after the murders there was a the was an HVAC repair truck at victime house.
I am still interested in what was up with that, too.
Not sure why. They are also holding the car for one of the triplets. Defense froze evidence so that may be why, but it’s odd if some of the other cars had already been taken.
I have a theory. Has any other car than KGs been returned? Hers was a new car. If they suspect/found that any of the victims cars might have tracking devices or have had BK in it during the stalking, then it would make sense to keep these for evidence, while KGs new car might have been ruled out from evidence quickly. Just MOO.
'Premature public disclosure of the details of this law enforcement investigation will create serious and imminent threat to effective law enforcement and could result in the premature end of this investigation which could create a threat to public safety."
translates to me as "If we have to end this investigation before we get all our ducks in a row, then this guy could go free and that is a threat to public safety".
Honestly, I have no idea what that means. It might be just to get the public to calm down. It might be they found something like trophies (items, body parts, anything) or the murder weapon and they don't want it out there atm. It might also be that they found evidence that hints at other evidence not yet collected/analysed, so it is important to keep that safe from prying individuals. Still just MOO.
All in all, I am still leaning towards there being a specific motive. IMO, as soon as people heard "a phd student in criminology" they jumped into "serial killer", "well planned", "psychopath", "just wanted to kill". If we could just for a moment ignore what he did in academia and think afresh. Like what would you think
with the same evidence had it been told that the prep was a 28 year old male who had perviously worked at a pizza place, possibly had a history of drug abuse and other mental illness and recently moved cross-country from his family; he drives to crime scene with his own car, enters the home of 5 young females while a visitor is obviously over, looses the cover of his murder weapon next to a victim, leaves DNA, video and phone evidence and even an eye witness. Would your first thought still be "serial killer mastermind human hunter very well planned and killed because he wanted to kill and to commit a perfect crime"? Because mine sure is not. I would think he wanted one of the females, either to date or to rape, and lashed out. Or that there was some specific motive I don't know. Or that he had a mental episode.
What I am trying to say is, he is a first year phd student. This basically just means that he was willing to work for 30-50% of the salary he could have had outside of the academia while getting 200% of the stress. It does not make him a genius, he's not even graduated with that phd (MANY drop out), and even having it would not make him a mastermind. Sincerely, a I-will-hopefully-graduate-in-a-year phd student.
