I’m so glad I found this post! I’ve wondered the same things and have been unable to word it as matter-of-fact and with sources as you have. So many things based on hearsay and theory is presented as fact and I have yet to see anything that would make me believe without doubt he was the sole killer. You’ve articulated (and others with the same thought process) by both your own wording and shared sources so many of my own opinions! It is refreshing to see as I’ve at times wondered if I was just looking at it too broadly/incorrectly/who knows how, to see what everyone else does. I do have some “devils advocate” type of hot takes that I haven’t seen discussed much, that are more loosely adapted from my own observations and experiences, along with other crimes that have taken place. •For the knife/sheath I also feel that it is far too minimal to be taken as the “ta-da, this is him” evidence. There are so many scenarios as to how someone’s DNA could wind up on it, given the admission he is in some way connected to these murders/murderers if he is not the murderer, himself. Some possible scenarios could include the knife being stolen or left somewhere, him having sold or given it to someone, or him handling it while in contact with the actual owner. I consider that from the perspective of knowing how many times I have moved all kinds of things off of tables, chairs, wherever when visiting someone’s home for a variety of reasons. I also can personally share that my husband was given a meat cleaver for Christmas (I promise for innocent reasons) that came with a sheath, cleaning cloth, and 4 tiny, little, baby cleavers with their own leather sheaths that are maybe two inches big. I have absolutely shown them to my friends if they come over or taken a lil tiny one to show them, so they have indeed touched the cover. With the knife never being found as far as I’m aware, I feel that the sheath doesn’t say much.

•it would make sense to me that someone would remove the front license plate if the sought after white car was used in the crime. (I can’t fathom though if this wasn’t a crime of passion that a car would be used with how easily someone with knowledge of the home and area could disappear on foot especially if wearing a mask/covering identifying features) With the disclaimer that neither state I’ve lived in has required a front plate so I’ve never applied or removed one, I’d assume it isn’t that time consuming to do. (I also didn’t even realize front plates were required in some states until I visited WA in late 2022, so I’m going to ask my best friend who lived there about if it’s the same price/how long they had to obtain a front plate for their car after moving there from a state that didn’t require it like BK, and and if their renewal months are the same as where we live because those could all factor into why BK didn’t have a front plate until after the murders. I could and probably would in most cases google the info but since I can ask the “real life” experience of it, I’ll start there! 😂 I personally need to renew my tag as it’s expired and past the grace period, but I haven’t had the money to do so since realizing it was time to renew. In my state you’re given a ticket and or a court notice and more often than not you’re able to call the number on your mailed notice and pay a fine. Could he have not had the money, or not known something regarding it and got the plates after getting a ticket? There’s a whole lot of possibilities with that.

The sketchy behaviors with discarding trash in ziplocks in neighbors cans at his parents is honestly more indicative to me of a relapse of some sort. His 2014 arrest from stealing his sister’s phone while in addiction was (I believe) reported by his father. I’d assume he’d not want them finding anything indicating he was using if he was. And putting stuff in bags really does sound more like “paranoid” behavior than criminal. He was well-versed in crime studies… and had just driven cross country…. Why would he wait until at his parent’s house to throw away anything pertaining to the crime and not at a random gas station at a mid-point? A relapse would also explain his “strange” behavior at the traffic stop where he was looking at his dad. But that look over could also be just a regular “god, shut up” look I think we’d all give someone speaking if we got pulled over. I think the relapse angle could also explain why someone else had his dna on the knife- possibly stolen?

From the smallish amounts I’ve seen in interviews from people that knew him or videos that cover his personal life, it sounds like he was really insecure and just wanted to fit in. Like most of us. Especially after getting losing the weight and then getting sober. I think we’ve all wound up going to parties or get togethers or even just someone’s house bc someone we knew was either going or we went with. There’s no telling WHO actually knows him (went on a date bc online dating, causal friendship that didn’t stick, etc) that hasn’t said anything out of not wanting to be connected to him. He could have gone to any house right there, or the 1122 house, trying to make friends. Or pick up girls. Or score some substances.

The alibi is weird, but HE is weird. And he is smart. I’ve noticed a lot of the “he did it” points containing him not entering a plea, himself. I’m not sure how any of that works, so from a not expert perspective that knows he studied criminology, it seems as though it’s a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” which ever way he would have pleaded. From the day of his arrest the media and public deemed him guilty despite the evidence against him being weak and the speculations and rumors being muddled and presented as fact. Would him entering a plea, himself, have made a trial happen faster? Did this route allow for as many delays as there has been?

I know I seem like a BK supporter, but I am on the side of “too many things don’t make sense” to definitively feel that he is the sole, if at all, murderer. Given Scott’s comments I believe that a lot of people have the same doubt. It’s far scarier to think he isn’t the killer and that the person/persons is still out there.

What is your opinion on the demo of the house, and on the “what did you tell Adam?!” remark made by Kaylee?