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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not understanding the hate for BK family.  Even if he was a weirdo and possibly violent wtf were they supposed to do about it?  You can’t jail a psychopath prior to the crime.  And it’s debatable his parents had any clue since the people article mentions he called his mother regularly so not sure that him chatting with her on the phone that day proves absolutely anything.  The judgment here is disgusting.[/quote]

Don't be naive. It was 6am. Of course she knew. It's understandable they didn't know what would happen, but they certainly knew it after it happened.[/quote]

He apparently frequently called his mom as early as 4 am. I think it's odd behavior, but it doesn't sound like it was out of the ordinary for him at all.[/quote]

+1, he was obviously a troubled guy who engaged in some strange or frustrating behavior, but it's wild some people seem to to think that if you had a son call you at 6am, your first thought would be "oh my kid you murdered someone." Of course it wouldn't be, even if you knew your son had problems.[/quote]

The sister explains that the killer had troubles galore (including heroin addiction), but had never been violent.[/quote]

I'm no criminal psychologist, but the nature of the murder doesn't strike me as the type that would come from someone openly violent in everyday life.[/quote]

The sister is also not a criminal psychologist. She's not an FBI profiler. She's a mental health counselor. It didn't occur to her that her brother, who had never hurt anyone before, would murder four people in cold blood. In fact her first response upon hearing about the murders was to worry that her brother, who sometimes doesn't have it all that together, might be targeted by the person who murdered people near his home. That is the most normal and predictable response if your totally non-violent brother lived near the site of a violent murder.

There have been other murders where the family *did* suspect their family member pretty early on. In those cases, there is almost always a violent history with the family member. In most cases the family member will have threatened or even harmed someone else in the family before. There is often a criminal history of assault or DV.

But you are telling me that if a family member who had never done anything violent before, ever (and the fact that Brian had no history of violence is backed up not only by his family but by friends, classmates, teachers, school records, employers, etc.) lived near the scene of a violent murder and drove an extremely common car that had some features in common with the killer's car, you would assume the family member was the murderer?

I do not think you would.[/quote]

Look at it a different way. Once the timing and car became public knowledge, do you think a reasonable person with knowledge of the basic facts of the murders and the history of Kohberger's mental health problems would believe he is a credible suspect? Of course they would, right?

While it is true that some people are unable to think objectively about their own family and friends, that isn't true of all people. In fact, I don't think the blinders necessary in this case are nearly as widespread as you seem to believe.

You, or perhaps a different poster, have convinced me that they probably didn't know. But I think that's because they didn't allow themselves to even entertain the idea. Because then I think things would have clicked.[/quote]

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