Misinformation, conspiracy theories, and quick reactions to a surviving roommate’s affidavit reflect the worst consequences of our viral true crime culture.
The roommate wrote that she saw the killer walk past her at one point and noticed his bushy eyebrows, despite how his face was entirely covered, as well as his height and athletic frame. She spent most of the night in her room and didn’t call the police until noon, though they said the killer had left by around 4:25 a.m. According to her affidavit, the roommate heard suspicious sounds at varying points in the night, including her roommate crying.
The roughly eight-hour gap between when the killer left and when a call was made to the police, along with other pieces of the affidavit, have since spurred an onslaught of online harassment and scrutiny against the woman in the last few days. BuzzFeed News that thousands of TikTokers, YouTubers, redditors, and Facebook and Twitter users have zeroed in on her and another surviving roommate from the house of six, doxxing and attacking them over the events of Nov. 13.To be clear, police in Moscow, Idaho, working on the case have repeatedly emphasized that the two surviving roommates are not suspects.
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