Idaho student murders. Has anyone asked this?

[Cattledog]

They had a dog in the house. The dog was not harmed. The dog apparently did not bark at the intruder(s). 2 students slept through the attack and were not harmed. I think the dog may have recognized the attacker.

[relayerbob]

1. Yes, that is understood

It seems pretty clear that the attacker had been there before and presumably knew one or more of the victims

[MissB]

2. Or the dog wasn't much of a guard dog

Both are possible, but yes, I do hope that police are looking at folks within their circle of friends.

[calimary]

3. Most interesting.

Has anyone at the press briefing mentioned this?

Do they even know?

Are they perhaps working this angle?

We were out, and I’m just tuning in now. Missed the beginning.

[SoCalDavidS]

4. Depends On The Dog

My dog might want to play, especially if there was food involved.

[brer cat]

6. My dog only barks when people go into the bedroom

he shares with my sister. It aggravates me, but I understand that is his den and he protects it.

[Strelnikov_]

5. My understanding is the other two students were not home at the time of the attack

Five young women, three killed, two not home, and one male killed who was staying over with his GF.

So, the dog could have been barking, or cowering.

Sounds like a Richard Speck to me.

[Mz Pip]

7. I thought the other 2 were home

But they were asleep on the 3rd floor and didn’t hear anything.

It is very weird.

[Strelnikov_]

10. Sounds like what I read may have been wrong

From an article posted today:

"Authorities have confirmed that two additional roommates — who have not been identified — were home during the attack but slept through it and were unharmed."

Then again, with today's media . . .

[Laffy Kat]

28. Oh, gosh. I thought of Speck, too.

[Jade Fox]

8. Dogs are overrated and mythologized when it comes being effective guards.....nt

[FSogol]

12. There was a reality show on once where guys would rob houses and business to show how lame

security systems were. Whenever they encountered a dog, they'd throw the dog a pack of hot dogs and go about their business. When they left, they'd go, "c'mon boy" and the dog would jump in the van with them. It was the most hilarious part of the show.

[d_r]

20. In the 1970s when I was a child

We had a German shepherd dog. My mother left a pot roast in the crock pot and we went somewhere. While we were gone a guy broke in and stole some of my dads guns. He dumped the post roast on the floor where it was eaten by the dog. I know this because my mother talked about that pot roast and that damn dog for the next 40 years, rest her soul.

[Duppers]

34. Depends on the dog.

All my fur-kids would alter me on any visitors.

[brewens]

11. I would hope everything has been asked and know they might not want to tell us everything.

I live about 35 miles from there and know the campus like the back of my hand. I worked blood drives there for 12 years and delivered dairy and food service there for a few years before that.

[blueinredohio]

13. My dog would drown them in slobber

she loves people and if she gets a chance she's going to lick until you're sick of her. When anyone comes to the door stranger or not her tail wags and she's ready to play. Never barks unless she's outside.

[UpInArms]

14. My dogs bark if a car drives past my house

I live in the country and usually only three cars go by every day …

the mailman being one of them …

if anyone pulls into the drive, they go into hyperbark

[BlackSkimmer]

17. Mine too. I'd someone were to come in the yard, they'd go nuts.

They won’t take food from strangers. I didn’t train them in any way in that regard, but they simply won’t.

[bamagal62]

19. Mine barks at the wind

and any of us if we have a hat on! 😂

[BlackSkimmer]

21. Lol, I had a dog that hated hats once.

Really got her going.

The ones I have now get stirred up when I dance lol. I’ll hear a song I like when I’m in the kitchen, start dancing around, and their heads come up in concern.

[UpInArms]

22. If I am in the room, they are happy

Am not certain if they would be blood donors if I am gone

[dem4decades]

25. I live on a dead end and they bark at every car that happens by, or if someone walks by.

I'm pretty sure they'd bark.

[UpInArms]

27. I had a pug ...

he didn’t bark … was just happy if someone looked at him …

I think it would depend on what kind of dog they had

[DBoon]

15. Sherlock Holmes has already covered this

Gregory (Scotland Yard detective): Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?
Holmes: To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.
Gregory: The dog did nothing in the night-time.
Holmes: That was the curious incident.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_Silver_Blaze

[Leith]

31. That's the first thing I thought of, too

It's about time that I read all the Sherlock Holmes stories again.

[2naSalit]

16. I wonder...

If they're covering for someone's asshole adult kjd.

[BlackSkimmer]

18. That's occurred to me too.

It seems the cops are bungling this.

[dem4decades]

26. I'm thinking that was the Colorado Springs killer.

[Laffy Kat]

30. Don't. Jesus. nt

[dem4decades]

32. Okay. Maybe I'm wrong but was the killer related to some MAGA asshole? Did he threaten

his mother? Did the police intervene? Did they take his guns away? The cops aren't answering questions, and there's a lot of them.

[Princess Turandot]

33. No. Moscow Idaho has 24,000 residents. The university, with its 12,000 students, is a major..

source of the city's economy. An unsolved vicious murder of 4 students is going to cause parents/prospective students to wonder if it's safe to go there. They're not slow-walking this to cover anything up.

One problem might be is that the last murder in the town occurred 7 years ago. They have 4 detectives, some of whom may have never investigated a murder before, much less something like this. The FBI is now assisting them, so hopefully they'll make some progress.

[roamer65]

23. One of my dads's dogs hated UPS trucks.

She would go into a frenzy wherever one was around her.

[OAITW r.2.0]

24. How do 2 people sleep through 4 people being stabbed to death?

In fact, I don't understand how all of the people sleeping aren't awakened at the sound of the 1st stabbing. Seems like the initial victim would be screaming like hell.

[Elessar Zappa]

29. Maybe a well placed

stab to the heart silences them immediately. Otherwise I’m not sure why there wasn’t screaming.