10ofRods
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Idaho murders: Kaylee Goncalves' father believes suspect 'chose to go' upstairs to potentially target victims
“..he doesn’t need to go upstairs”
If the killer’s entrance and exit is on the 2nd floor, and the 2nd Floor was where Ethan and Xana were, that would imply that either Ethan or Xana were the target.
I think it implies the opposite. If he were merely looking for killing thrills, he would have be satiated on the second floor.
The person or persons he sought were therefore not on the second floor - he felt compelled to go upstairs. Why? Because he knew or thought he knew one or both of those persons and wanted to kill them (therefore inflicting more injuries on K, according to SG).
There was no need to go upstairs unless a particular victim was sought or more victims were sought (if the perp didn't know there was a downstairs, that could explain something - simply wanting more victims, which is a rare trait in a killer).
Since one of the upstairs victims has more wounds (apparently), it's not odd that LE or others were convinced that perhaps someone upstairs was targeted - although LE seems to have walked that back.
The only reason the killer needed to go upstairs is to kill someone upstairs.