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Kohberger may have targeted Idaho students because they were women - NewsNation

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A Netflix docuseries director believes Kohberger targeted four Idaho students specifically because they were women — raising the question of what drives gender-based predatory selection.

Predatory Targeting TheoryGender-Based ViolenceCriminal ProfilingSocial Dominance Theory

Theory Briefing

  • A Netflix docuseries director has put forward the theory that Kohberger chose his victims because they were women, not at random.
  • The four University of Idaho students were killed in an off-campus home, and Kohberger's precise motive remains officially unexplained.
  • The gender-targeting theory adds a new lens to a case that has already drawn intense public and media scrutiny.