'Were victims alive when Dylan Mortensen froze?': Internet wonders if immediate 911 call would've helped
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MOSCOW, IDAHO: The affidavit related to the four homicides in Idaho allegedly carried out by Bryan Kohberger has provided some serious insight into the preliminary investigation. One such detail provided in the document was that Dylan Mortensen, one of the two surviving roommates, saw the suspect leave the house after brutally stabbing her four friends to death. On one hand, the people taken aback by this revelation complimented Moscow police on keeping Dylan safe as she was their prime witness, and on the other, people are questioning Dylan's choice of actions. Some burning questions are how did she go to sleep after the incident? Why didn't she call 911 sooner? Now people are asking if the victims were alive when she was Kohberger.
The confusion here is why Dylan Mortensen, the surviving roommate, delayed informing police about the murders and why Bryan Kohberger chose the four slain Idaho students as his victims. She lived through the attack with Bethany Funke. According to her, the suspect was dressed in all black with a mask covering his face and heard one of her housemates say, "there's someone here." The suspect said, "it's ok, I'm here to help you." The situation could have gone differently but Dylan froze which is an understandable human behavior as per many people online. Now, people are asking if the victims were alive when Dylan saw Bryan Kohberger. One user asks on Reddit, "We're the victims still alive when the surviving witness "froze". could their deaths been avoidable if she called the police prior to 8 hours after the stabbings took place?"
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People think victims being alive when Dylan saw Bryan Kohberger is 'something we will never know'
One user writes, "I think a lot of folks are going to be truly horrified at how evil and quick this was if/when the full autopsy reports are made public." Another user said, "Thats something we will never know and really isnt relevant. With the wounds and placementof their bodies i assume they pad passed in under 10 min." One more user thinks, "Coroner already stated early on that none of the victims could have been saved based on types of wounds. Eta. These wounds were not normal stab/puncture wounds , they were large ripped hole type wounds in mainly chest and lung area"
One Redditor commented, "No. Its not like they crawled around the house screaming. Huge wounds, bleeding out very quickly. They are all dead in minutes. The other roommate didnt hear a thing and slept through it all." Another user said, "I know what the coroner said and in retrospect, I understand, but at the time of the crime, the witness DID NOT know that so why in the hell wouldn't she act. Sya what you want, but nobody freezes like that for 8 hours and then magically decides to unfreeze at noon the next day." One more user said, "I have the same question, would there have been a chance to save at-least one of them had the roommate called 911? I’m sure the family members must be thinking the same"
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