The most important thing is that the suspect is held accountable for what he did. Nothing can bring these beautiful, innocent children back or take away the pain of the parents, families and friends of the victims.

After the PCA was released and after going over the two most likely scenarios of how things likely happened on the third floor, the sheath has always been crucial and I think it tells a more important story for the sequence of events.

Looking at the two most likely scenarios:

1. MM and KG fell asleep together and the suspect was surprised when he walked in and had to take both of them on in a frenzied attack against two people at once. IMO, even sleeping and after drinking, there is no way one girl stayed asleep on an attack against her friend.

2. KG got up after their phone calls/texts to her boyfriend and went to her own bed and closes the door so Murphy doesn’t get out. Suspect comes up the stairs after entering in through the slider. He enters MMs room and immediately subdues her. He is in complete control at this point. Everything is going to plan. He lays the sheath next to MM, but Murphy was alerted and is barking and restless. KG gets up and peeks into the hall. She hears something from MMs room and says “someone’s here” (which Dylan hears) and proceeds to MMs room. The suspect hears this and his plan has changed. He has to silence MM immediately and takes KG by surprise when she enters the room. A struggle ensues (which is probably when DM thinks she hears KG “playing” with Murphy as he is probably still barking). I have struggled with KG allegedly being found on the bed and slumped in the corner, but during a struggle it is possible she was thrown on the bed and then tried to get away.

Due to the placement of the sheath, I lean towards the second scenario. The placement is everything and shows that at that time the suspect was in COMPLETE control and thought his plan was going how he wanted.

I do not believe he intend to leave the sheath. When his plan went south and his adrenaline up, he made a mistake and forgot it.

Downstairs theory:

I have to set this up with that I think the suspect surveilled the house and did not stalk the victims. There is a reason the police said at the beginning that they thought the HOUSE was targeted. I don’t think any of the girls were targeted specifically, but after surveillance of the house and probably using a public computer to look up the inside layout, the suspect chose MMs room.

I think his intention was to get in, and leave with everyone in the house still sleeping. He did not account for Murphy or XK ordering DoorDash.

So his route would have been back down the stairs and right back out the slider, BUT I think XK was in the kitchen after eating her DoorDash. He heard her and made a snap decision to go straight towards the living room. He did not want to exit out of the front door so went towards the hall. He only had two options the bedroom or the bathroom at this point and XK is heading his way. He goes into the bedroom and is surprised to find EC sleeping. EC does not have a chance, and I hope he never knew. XK walks in and that is when he says “Don’t worry, I’m here to help you.”

We know after the altercation with XK he is rushing to get out of the house. He knows noise was made and was probably sure someone had alerted authorities, which is why he leaves DM alone and leaves the house.

To me, the sheath was not only the key to identifying the potential suspect but the key to how things unfolded. I think he wiped down the sheath, but also intended to take it with him.

This of course, is all my opinion.