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spamattacker t1_iwnv6md wrote

Can someone offer insight on why the article doesn't say the other two roomates were there but rather says investigators "believe" the other two roomates were there during the attack and when the police arrived?

Is it because the police aren't ready to offer more information? If so, why might such information need to be withheld right now? To protect them? From the killer? From the media? From further traumatization?

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PatrickMorris t1_iwnvlb5 wrote

Police withhold specific information as a general rule so if someone confesses or offer details they will know if they are telling the truth.

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VariationNo5960 t1_iwpj8iw wrote

Assuming cops in Idaho are super sleuths.

tldr: cops in Idaho are not super sleuths.

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onarainyafternoon t1_iwq99di wrote

I mean, that's basic police procedure. You mainly here about it when they fuck it up, not when they pull the technique off successfully.

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Pretend_Age_2832 t1_iwrs0a0 wrote

Yes when a family member was murdered the police lied to the press about how many times he was shot. Which led me to believe crimes are probablyalways worse than you think. It's not nearly as easy to kill people as it looks on television (I went to a support group for families of victims and that's my takeaway.)

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Eldergoth t1_iwnvzmz wrote

Most likely to protect the roommates especially if the perpetrator believes that they are witnesses.

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totally_tiredx3 t1_iwogpjq wrote

I read it as, at some point the other roommates came home, but police aren't sure if they had already been killed by then or not.

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bananafobe t1_iwnyuop wrote

It could just be that the police haven't officially commented and the journalist hasn't independently confirmed the information.

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DefinitelyNotAliens t1_iwqaf6i wrote

Totally spitballing:

The house had a basement. The basement has a separate entrance, or immediately off the front. X and Y live in the basement. X and Y were out drinking on Friday night and stumbled home. The 4 upstairs had not been seen since Friday night. One went shopping for late night snacks at 10pm. They logged phone/ laptop activity until 11PM. X and Y got home around midnight and nothing seemed off.

They immediately go to their basement rooms, and don't talk to anyone or know if anyone was alive. They thought everyone was sleeping and went to bed.

They wake up, get food and take off for work/ classes and don't talk to anyone upstairs and go about their day.

Police believe they were home, but due to the time of death being estimated anywhere from 11-1AM the roommates might've gotten home after the murders and just not seen any blood based on how they enter/ exit the house.

There are reasons they may not fully know who was home, and the roommates may not have seen any blood after the murders.

^ Above are not specific details, just how someone might believe a person to be home and not have actually heard or seen a thing.

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89141 t1_iwqapzj wrote

> "believe" the other two roomates were there during

Probably because they don't know exactly when the attack occurred and the roommates got home late. There's lots of reasons to be vague if they are not 100% certain. Also, it's possible they cannot verify, with certainty, that the roommates were home. I think you're looking into the verbiage to much for clues when this type of information is normal during an investigation.

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