Comments by "Barbara Fairbanks" (@barbarafairbanks4578) on "NewsNation" channel.

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  4. Really dislike all this speculation. The guy is innocent till proven guilty. And yet, no one seems to be cognizant of that fact... or maybe they just plain don't want to. Because speculating about the murderer and his motives/actions/behavior maybe helps them try to make sense of this senseless murder spree and tragic taking of four beautiful lives.😢 (& ruination of many other lives). Case in point... Steve Gonsalves comments about how Kohberger's having an unusual interest in the criminal mind, interviewing and surveying criminals the way he was...how unusual and 'not right' this was. Well, actually this isn't unusual for a PhD student in this field of study, at all. Let's remember, Kohberger is a Criminology PhD Student... this 'criminal mind' questionnaire was an outpicturing of his thesis - and was sanctioned by univ. faculty. Kohberger's professor/mentor there (who btw has stated she believes he is innocent) -has said this was his thesis, and although it may seem weird and somehow 'wrong' by laypeople, it's a common branch of criminology study. And for a PhD. student to design this type of survey for their thesis is not at all unusual. That said, I am not trying to defend Kohberger. I have no opinion as to whether he killed these precious kids, or not. I feel overwhelming compassion for the senseless, tragic loss of Kaylee, Maddie, Ethan and Xana. Last night, I watched these kids parents, friends, siblings & extended family members speaking at their memorial service - it was truly heartbreaking 💔. I came away in tears and disbelief as to how they could even speak (or function) at that point. It takes alot of courage to get up there and speak for your lost child at their memorial 💔 I'm still reeling, and I don't think I'll ever forget these kids or their families speaking at their group memorial. I just wish people would stop with all this speculation about Kohberger in the press, on SM & newscast shows. Some of them are saying the stupidest things. If he is found guilty by a jury, it seems to me it will be a cake walk for his atty to get him off just by virtue of the fact he was 'found guilty' by the press & the public before the preliminary hearing!
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  22.  @Melanieaeaves81  we've also 'heard' that Gaby was OCD & untreated BiPolar. She said this herself.. also admitted to Moab police, on camera, that she scratched up Brian's face.. police actually verified the fresh scratches on Brian's face- and took photo's of them. While clearly confirming Gaby had no marks on her...this was all on camera footage of the stop. Yes, it was reported by a witness that Brian was seen slapping Gaby - shortly before the stop in Moab - this is WHY they were pulled - yet...no marks in Gabys face. What does that say? IMO it agrees with Rose's description of Brian slapping Gabys face to get her off him. But, no marks on Gabys face, shortly after the slapping incident. None of this is my 'opinion' - I'm just stating what I've observed by watching the video, reading copy of interviews about Gaby & Brian. Gaby's close friend, Rose, in an early, televised interview when Gaby was first missing - which I watched - Rose was asked what their relationship was like. She said toxic at times, loving at times, but up and down with lots of drama. Rose did say that Gaby could, and did fly into a rage and attack Brian simetimes - scratching his face. Brian's response would be to either slap Gaby's face to get her out of her rage, or to put his hand over her mouth to push her off him. In that first interview, Rose never said anything about Brian being a sociopath, a liar, or a narcissist. The worst she said about him, THEN was that he liked to get his way, but through persuasion, talking... not thru violence or threatening. Can't find that early interview? I'm not surprised- I think it's been taken down. but I watched it myself, I'm not making this up about the face scratching and the slapping response from Brian...as reported by Rose and also admitted to by Gaby. This was long before Gaby's body was found and all the suspicion was turned to Brian (which I can't say was unjustified, given that he had her van, had lawyered up, and went completely silent about Gaby's whereabouts). But this interview was, apparently, before Rose subsequently decided she, in retrospect, never liked Brian, (which NOW is what she is saying).. and thought him a weirdo, a sociopath, a lier, etc. all along, from the beginning. That's her take on Brian these days, but if she thought that of him in the early interview, she didn't breath a word of it. In that early interview Rose said none of that about Brian - and even brought up how sweet Brian was could be and how he loved to make breakfast for Gaby every morning. PLEASE DONT ANYONE READING THIS JUMP DOWN MY THROAT! It's not my opinion, I am not victim blaming, but am repeating what I saw and read as fact. Otoh, where is it verified that Brian was a narcissist? True narcissists LOVE all the attention they can get. Was that Brian? Not from what I ever saw of him in video, or read about his past or what friends said about him. His friends said he was a loner in his school days... into Yoga and maintaining his Zen. No one said he was a narcissist, a sociopath, a liar. He was said to be jealous and possessive of Gaby. This is not narcissim, or psychosociocpathy. Just sayin... One friend said Brian could display a quick temper, which never escalated to physical violence. I know it sounds like I am portraying Brian as sweet/innocent & Gaby as rageful ^ mentally ill. - I'm just stating what facts I've been able to glean about both of them. Interviews and verified accounts - NOT what I'm reading in SM comments! Truth be told, I do think Brian killed Gaby- not premeditated, but in a psychotic rage - I belueve he snapped - k completely severed with reality... that's my personal opinion, and even at that.. still there is no way I can say, 'Brian killed Gaby - its a fact!...as so many people on SM are declaring as if a FACT...that they 'know.' He killed her. I THINK I know, but until we DO know this as a fact, we are limited to our 'opinions' about what happened. What I do know is that it's a horrible tragedy. Sorry to say this, I know there are those who might be outraged at me for saying this, but IMO (my educated opinion) I feel that both Brian and Gaby were victims of circumstance and mental illness, gone unchecked. Hard to get the images of their happy travel vlog videos our of my mind/my heart.. which is truly broken💔 If I knew the horrible emotional path I would have been led down watching their Van Life Travel Vlog and then following this story - I would not have dared to open this nightmare of a book💔.
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  23.  @clorrainejohnson  Yah. And those two little kids - who loved both Auntie Gaby & Uncle Brian learned that their Auntie was dead - from protesters outside their house- screaming this into their home with bullhorns - parading past the house with Posters of Brian & MURDERER written across his face. Can you imagine? Innocent little kids learning in the most ugly way possible- from ugly, viscious, scary strangers their aunt is dead, their uncle killed her. And Cassie...Finally... after two days of hers kids holed up inside crying their eyes out - finally comes out and confronts these horrible people, her Melba milktoast husband by her side (sorry, but that's how I saw him). I'd have been SO incensed, and immediately find a way to put a stop to it - or FLEE with my kids or something. SOMETHING! but I wouldn't be waiting two whole days and then go outside and 'discuss' my displeasure with these sick monsters. Idk...what's wrong with this family? Not 'normal' acting at all . Even Cassie & hubby waiting a full two days to confront these monsters. Ack! I'm being too judgmental, I know 😒- there's enough of THAT going around, and I've been trying to withhold judgement, but - fat chance- when it comes to kids suffering psychological damage like that. It will never be something they can unsee, unhear, unknow. Idk, I don't believe Brian was the narcissistic, sociopathic, cold-blooded murderer he's been made out to be. I just don't see any of that in their van life travel vlog, or hear/read anything like that about him in interviews of people who knew him at work or in high school. He had no history of violence- no trouble in the judicial system, no domestic violence reports, lived peacefully with Gaby & his parents for 2 years. Loved the outdoors, loved sketching, reading, writing, Yoga, and was 'worried about maintaining his Zen' (quote by a coworker who thought that made Brian a 'weirdo'.) This, of course does not mean that someone cannot suddenly snap, break with reality and commit a violent crime. I do think this is what happened with Brian. I'm not trying to make him out as innocent. I think he killed her. There is a REASON, though why Brian's Dad contacted Bertolino right away, and why Bertolino put the gag order on Brian & parents. Unlike you, I believe the Laundrie's knew their Son enough to know he'd confess to authorities right away. IMO, it was them (& Bertolino) that put the kabosh on even letting authorities question Brian. I've changed from thinking that Brian lied to his parents about Gaby, and they didn't know. I now think he told them, maybe even before he got home, he killed Gaby - and that he was horrified & grief-stricken by his own actions. This, I believe, is why his dad called Bertolino. Of course they wanted to protect Brian from prosecution, even from questioning. I think Brian went along with the plan, but was nevertheless heartbroken & grief-stricken over what he'd done. Someone wrote in one of these comments sections - someone with a heart - that Brian couldn't live with Gaby, but couldn't live without her either. He had written something to that effect in his Pinterest account long ago. I believe that's what it boiled down to. I think he went along with his parents & Bertolinos plan, but in the end, trashed it all and went to the reserve to kill himself. I do think Brian had a heart and a conscience (and loved Gaby)...questionable about Bertolino & Brian's parents, IMO - can't say that about them. Sorry for the length.. I'm still crying over this.. Wish I'd never known any of it😢 thanks for 'listening'. 🙄
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  24.  @BeKindToEveryKind295  whelp! Turns out Bertolino did slip in an interview and said 'Brian was grieving.' That went ballistic among news stations. I don't watch 'the news', per se...so that's how I missed it, I guess. So, in a follow-up interview he handled that particular slip-of-the-tongue by saying something like, 'it had been a long day... blah, blah (of interviews, I guess?), and that all day he was saying 'grief in these interviews'... 'the Laundrie's are grieving the death of their son', etc.. and when asked about Brian's state of mind when he left for the hike, Bertolino says, in the interview, that Brian was distraught, was grieving. He DID say it, then recanted it the following day in another interview - says he found himself saying 'grieving' all day and unfortunately blurted that out in regards to Brian, then said that no Brian was upset, distraught, but not grieving. I tend to not believe anything Bertolino says. He's very slick in these interviews. If I could blame anyone for this whole mess, it'd be him. (Not about Gaby, of course, but all the fallout with his stupid gag order). He's been shifty about when Brian's dad first contacted him about 'this matter'. In one interview, he said ' 'early on' - which, to me, meant early Sept. He said Chris Laundrie called him because 'LE & FBI are hanging around, asking questions, and 'What do I do?' So Bertolino says he told them & Brian not to say anything to anyone. When pinned down about the date, he said from the 11th & onward. Well, the family AND Brian 'went silent' on 9/1 -about Gaby's whereabouts. Long before the 11th. I used to think Brian came home and lied to his parents about Gaby. I no longer think that. I think he was horrified and grief-stricken at what he'd done and told his parents right away, possibly before he got home on 9/1. I think his Dad Called Bertolino right away and said, 'What do we do?' Bertolino tells them to go silent about it. It only makes sense they knew early Sept. because Gabys folks were trying to find Gaby and calling Brian & his parents long before the 11th - nearly 2 weeks prior to the 11th, I believe, they started calling the Laundries and Brian, and What???? Complete silence!- not even taking their calls. Now Bertolino wants us to believe he advised silence on the 11th? Who told all of them to go silent before that? It was after watching Bertolino trying to wiggle his way out of the 'silencing' date in the interview, and then the 'grieving' statement, that I changed my belief that Brian told no one and his parents didn't know & were just following the gag order from their Atty. Now I believe Brian told them right away, they called Bertolino and hunkered down in silence from then on. I also truly believe Brian was in a psychotic state when he killed Gaby - he was not in touch with reality, IMO. This can and does happen to people under immense stress - people who are already on the far ledge of depression, about to go over. like we heard about his out of conyrol behavior in the Wyoming RR, yelling at the Hostess. He was in a very poor state of mind, AND this wasn't like him. People can break with reality and not know what they are doing when they enter psychosis. I think his parents pressured him to follow the Bertolino plan - stay silent, evade LE, don't let Authorities question you. I think his parents and Bertolino all knew Brian enough to realize he'd confess right away. I think he was basically a basket case at that point. I think he was grieving all along, but followed the plan....until the 13th, then overcome with grief he goes 'hiking' @ the Reserve - 'hiking' being a euphemism for suicide. I am convinced Brian loved Gaby - he broke with reality when he killed her, IMO. I've watched their Van life Travel Vlogs, read about both their backgrounds - I just don't see in Brian anything sinister calculating, narcissistic, or psycho-sciopathic. He looked vulnerable, to me, in some of those shots - they both did, at times. In so many of their video interactions he looked open, conscientious, sweet toward Gabby - happy to be with her. He did have a jealous & possessive side, but Gaby also had a rageful side. Only their sweet, loving sides were filmed in their vlog, of course, and it's hard to imagine they had physical fights, but there was plenty of documentation on that part of the relationship, just not filmed, of course. Very sad 😔 heartbreaking 💔 😢
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  31.  @judem1359  OMG - you have no idea - neuropsychological??? Wtf! Psychology has nothing to do with this. Neuroscience has everything to do with what I am talking about. The field of psychology and neuroscience are two entirely different sciences. Actually, psychology is not based on science anyway. It's based on human behavior....well, o.k., the 'science' of human behavior - but basically the field of psychology is not measurable....neuroscience IS measurable. Read Robert Sapolsky PhD - maybe you'll grasp my meaning here. You have to be making up what you think you know about human intelligence. As I said, we are born with the number of neurons we are born with, AND unless through brain trauma or disease, (i.e., loss or shrinkage of grey matter (translates to loss of neurons, thus cognitive decline, as we see in Alzheimers' disease), the number of neurons we are born with remain fairly static throughout our lifetime. Neurons are formed in the fetus, and do not measurably increase throughout an individuals lifespan (the exception is that sometimes through, say, BDNF (brain derived neurotropic factor) it's possible to increase # of neurons NOMINALLY). To a NOMINAL degree - that means a barely measurable increase. Again...just in case you missed it - it IS possible to (via BDNF and/or process of learning, brain exercises, etc. ), to increase the number of synapses in the brain., i.e., increased connectivity btw neurons...by a measurable amount. synapse = connective spaces btw neurons that carry neurotransmitters from one neuron or cluster of neurons to another neuron/cluster. This allows increased connectivity of neurons in the brain, which translates to a faster thought process & increased access to memory & learning. I have no idea why you cannot seem to grasp that I am referring to the AVERAGE IQ of a demographic number of people- i.e. a COLLECTIVE. The AVERAGE IQ of this collective! This does not mean that everyone is born with an IQ of 98, (or100, as you say) and it increases as we grow. I'm not talking about an individual's IQ being 98. (Though some within this collective DO have an IQ of 98). I'm talking about the collective AVERAGE IQ of a demographic number (of people). It is currently @ 98 points in U.S - within that average there are some with a triple digit IQ - say 120, or 135 -whatever - there are those with IQ's upwards of 160 - even 200+) The highest IQ is currently of a 21 YO from Ireland w/an IQ of 263 (measured originally @ the age of 8). He HAD this IQ at the age of 8 - he's 21 now and his IQ has not changed. Most of the renowned genuises of today were measured at around 8 or 10 YO, and their IQ's have not changed (or increased with age, which you seem to think is possible). THEN there are those - many more within this collective demographic with only a double digit IQ (considered 'low'). These are added to the collective to find the average IQ. THIS is why the AVERAGE IQ in this measured demographic is down to only 98 - BECAUSE all these IQ's are added together, then divided by the number of people counted in the overall demographic - this formula (addition/division of the sum) gives us the AVERAGE IQ of an entire collective demographic. Einstein's IQ was somewhere btw 205 and 225. DER! ...Get it now?? (If not - I give up) bc I've tried to explain this every which way from sundown.
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  33.  @IM125  Ah! YES! one voice reaching out frim the darkness with the unbiased truth. Thank you for pointing that out! We know this to be true. Saw it with our own eyes, scratches on Brian's face - earlier videos of the Moab stop. Police asking Brian about facial scratches - photographing the scratches, in fact - Gabby' admitting in that stop that she went after Brian first & scratched up his face. And YET...not one mention of any of that in this (poor excuse for) journalistic 'reporting'. This 'newscast' is actually a joke. Chock full of wild conjecture, sensationalism based on biased opinion, editing out of relevant information and police bodycam footage. Yes, Brian's face was scratched up. Gabby admitted to going after Brisn first. AND what's been especially swept under the rug is the televised interview - very early on - of Gabby's close friend Rose when asked about Gabby/Brian's relationship (I watched this interview myself) Rose said that Gabby would get frustrated with Brian and attack him, scratch up his face. Brian, in response, would put his hand over her mouth to push him off her, or slap her face to get her off. If this so-called 'Newscast' about events in this murder case, and Brian & Gabbys relationship, weren't such a biased JOKE these 'reporters' would be bringing us the whole story, including Rose's televised interview. They would have 'dug up' that interview and at least mentioned it here. Instead they are editing out highly RELEVANT parts of the Moab bodycam footage - playing UP other parts of the footage (parts tgey want to sensationalized) and conjecturing on comments made by the coroner and officers involved. A complete joke, as far as I am concerned. Biased and 3rd rate 'reporting'.
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  35. Gaby was also observed attacking brian and scratching his face. Brian was observed slapping Gabby off of him in these attacks, or putting his hand over her mouth, grabbing her face in these attacks. This was FULLY described by Gabby's best friend, Rose, in an early, EARLY interview before Gabby was found. I doubt this interview is up for watching anymore. None of this is mentioned anymore. However, at one time it was pretty much common knowledge about the physical fights that took place in their relationship. Rose never mentioned this in later interviews. This is not hearsay, I watched that interview and U know what Rose said. I also watched the earlier (Moab police stop bodycam) viewing of Gabby who admitted scratching Brian's face, to officers, in the Moab stop. Indeed these scratches on Brian's face were noted by police in that traffic stop. They told Brian they needed to photograph his face scratches as evidence. This was clearly seen in some of the 1st viewings of this body cam, (I watched this myself) bodycam video of the stop. This part of the body cam video is no longer being shown. Gabby's description of her attacking Brian FIRST and scratching his face (during the Moab Police stop) - no longer being shown, or mentioned...by anyone (on social media, by witnesses, by newscasters.) WHY?? I'm not saying I doubt Brian killed Gabby. What I'm saying is that THE ORIGINAL viewing of the bodycam video where,Gabby admits to scratching Brian's face FIRST - the observations of scratches. By police, and in photo's, of Brian's face- NO LONGER BEING MENTIONED. Gabby's friend Rose describing their physical fights (Gabby attacking, scratching Brian's face, Brian slapping her away - NO LONGER MENTIONED - Hushed up! BUT, Gabby later in the stop describing Brian grabbing HER face - that is being PLAYED UP here - again, with no mention of Gabby stating she scratched Brian's face first. Clear case of BIASED newscaztinv here!
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  41.  @John-hp9mv  John, your 'story' is evolving' - you never 'just stated'..until now...that if they (Brian's parents) have both sets of keys it means...blah blah. What you originally asked was - 'Were the Mustang keys found with Brian's effects? (paraphrasing here). And then you indicated that IF not, keys not found with Brian's effects then Brian's parents would have got them from Brian when they got the car. I pointed out that this was not Brian's car, AND that there were probably 2 sets of keys (all my vehicles have always had 2 sets of keys). My son used to borrow my car - he had his set, I had mine. Can you just admit that you originally thought that if no Mustang keys were found with Brian's remains, then the parents 'got the keys from Brian' weeks ago when they picked up the car - that's what you wrote. I pointed out, it proves nothing bc, there could be 2 sets of keys. Now you say you were just pointing out that 'if Brian's parents have both sets of keys - THEN it means... whatever... And, no - get real - that was not what you originally implied. Truth be told, whoever has whatever sets of keys, means absolutely nothing - too many variables - Brian could have tossed the keys away when he got there - could have left the set he used inside the vehicle - maybe there weren't 2 sets, maybe there weren't... can't deduce anything by counting the number of keys to the vehicles or who has them. If the parents have both sets, then Brian could have left his set inside the vehicle - so it actually doesn't 'prove' anything.
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