Another moment that left TheClassics puzzled involved surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen’s testimony.
The documentary mentioned that she saw a man inside the house and that they supposedly “locked eyes,” but, according to the Redditor, it never really explained what happened next.
“The roommate says she saw someone in the house. The documentary even says they ‘locked eyes’, and then she went back into her room. And then… it just moves on. What? How is that not one of the biggest pieces of evidence to discuss? I felt like there had to be more context that the documentary wasn’t giving.”
That reaction was shared by many first-time viewers, especially because Dylan’s account became one of the most talked-about parts of the entire case.
Many Reddit users argued that the missing piece was trauma and how people react during terrifying situations.
One commenter explained, “Roommate’s testimony and why they didn’t call that night… In short – shock.” The user said Dylan woke up to strange noises, believed she heard Xana crying, opened her bedroom door several times, and eventually saw “a man dressed in black walk past her.”
According to the commenter, she locked her door before later going to Bethany Funke’s room downstairs.
The same Redditor added that Dylan later questioned whether what she had seen was even real because “she’d been asleep and had been drinking all day.”
They concluded, “While her reaction seems unusual, trauma can cause people to freeze, rationalize what they experienced, or doubt their own memories… The brain has to decide if they are witnessing a real-life horror movie or misunderstanding college craziness, and it chooses the latter.”
However, not everyone accepted that explanation.
One skeptical commenter wrote, “The roommate who locked eyes with the killer basically says she was scared and locked herself in her room, then ran down to the first floor and went to sleep. Phone records proved that was a lie; she was awake for hours afterward.”
The same user questioned why she continued describing Xana as unconscious, adding, “We will never know, because the cops refused to ask her those hard questions.”
Others looked at the testimony differently and believed it suggested the killings were never meant to involve everyone inside the house.
As one Redditor put it, “I don’t think he planned on killing all in the house. It seemed more targeted and controlled, and his plan just got off track. He didn’t break down any doors or break in.”
The sentencing hearing also showed just how deeply that night affected the surviving roommates.
In a statement read on behalf of Bethany Funke, she said, “That was the worst day of my life, and I know it always will be.”
She also admitted she still fears for her safety, saying she was terrified “the person who did this would come for me next.”
Dylan Mortensen described the emotional toll in even greater detail.
“What happened that night changed everything,” she told the court.
She said the murders stole birthdays, graduations, and countless future memories with her friends. She also revealed she continues to suffer severe panic attacks.
“I made escape plans everywhere I went… Then there were the panic attacks, the kind that slam into me like a tsunami. I can’t breathe, I can’t think, I can’t stop shaking.”
She ended her statement by saying that although she is still rebuilding her life, “I’m still putting myself back together. Piece by piece.”
