Idaho murder suspect arrested

[Inky_Wretch]

In my early 20s, I lived in a house where it was thoroughly plausible that 1/you would on occasion see somebody you didn't know and 2/you might or might not have been really, really forked up in the wee hours of Sunday morning and were in little position to take any action toward anything and might think you didn't see something you saw, or vice versa and 3/when you did in fact sober up enough to find yourself in a situation which required law enforcement intervention, it might or might not have been necessary to do some cleaning up before inviting them into the house.

I lived in a house like that too. But a rando wearing a mask leaving in the middle of the night would have set off my alarm bells.

 

[CD Boogie]

Watched a few news specials on this Phd. candidate. He's a moron and they have him dead to rights. Only thing missing is the murder weapon, which at this rate I'd bet they find under his racecar bed.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

I once wrote a blog post about One on One -- pointing out some flaws with the tale while also noting how much I always enjoyed it, going back to childhood -- and the world's biggest Robby Benson fan responded with a 500-word comment. I did have to push back on her claim that Robby was the first person to expose college sports' corruption. But her passionate defense ended with a warning to me to not trash his ball-handling talent. It was truly a delightful reply.

"NO NO SON we don't do it that way at Western."

 

[CD Boogie]

You're not, and I think in a rational world your observations are spot-on. People in their early 20s, however, live in a different reality. (At least I did, and my adult children do.) Things that seem odd to most adults are regular occurrences in early-20s life.

Yeah, they were all drunk and had come home from the bar at like 3 a.m. That doesn't explain all of the other two girls' inaction, but I think it's a factor.

 

[FileNotFound]

I lived in a house like that too. But a rando wearing a mask leaving in the middle of the night would have set off my alarm bells.

A rando wearing a mask would definitely have set off my alarm bells in 1989, no matter what altered state I might have been enjoying at the time. In the same state in 2022, that bell would have rung way less loudly.

Not defending the roommate's inaction at all; just saying that I can envision the circumstances which would lead to such inaction.

 

[Azrael]

Not sure of the precise floorplan / circumstance, but what if the caller waited so long because she was afraid the killer was still nearby and might hear her?

 

[Slacker]

I wonder what his motive was. Who was he stalking, and why?
No link to any victim yet, but he did all those previous drive-bys.

 

[Neutral Corner]

I lived in a house like that too. But a rando wearing a mask leaving in the middle of the night would have set off my alarm bells.

She was scared enough by seeing that to run in her room and lock the door. I would think that's enough adrenaline not to just pass out afterward.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

A rando wearing a mask would definitely have set off my alarm bells in 1989, no matter what altered state I might have been enjoying at the time. In the same state in 2022, that bell would have rung way less loudly.

Not defending the roommate's inaction at all; just saying that I can envision the circumstances which would lead to such inaction.

I've told the story before of the homeless guy walking into my warehouse apartment. That's probably coloring my opinion on this too.

 

[poindexter]

Not sure of the precise floorplan / circumstance, but what if the caller waited so long because she was afraid the killer was still nearby and might hear her?

For seven hours?

 

[Azrael]

For seven hours?

I understand it's unlikely. But if you think a murderer is on the other side of your bedroom door, waiting, what do you do?

I also don't discount she's in shock. A symptom of which can be fatigue/drowsiness. After the adrenaline rush, she might have fallen asleep.

It's also possible she was in on it.

 

[CD Boogie]

What's really weird to me is that by all accounts it was a grisly crime scene, and yet the surviving roommates reported that they had trouble waking someone up? Like, you thought the person amid this blood-splattered crime scene was just not waking up for some reason?

Yeah, things aren't completely adding up when it comes to the two surviving roommates.