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Forgetting Bryan Kohberger: A Mother’s Powerful Choice

True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews

Tony Brueski

True Crime, News Commentary, News

4.2612 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In the face of unthinkable tragedy, Stacy Chapin, the mother of slain University of Idaho student Ethan Chapin, chose a path of grace over vengeance. This deeply moving commentary from Hidden Killers explores her powerful decision to not let Bryan Kohberger—the accused killer—define her or her family's story. Instead of focusing on the crime, Stacy and her family have channeled their grief into a powerful legacy, establishing scholarships and writing a book to honor Ethan's life. This episode is a tribute to the strength of the human spirit. It's about what happens after the crime—the difficult journey of healing, the importance of reclaiming a victim’s memory, and the radical act of choosing peace in a world that demands outrage. We'll examine this unique approach to grieving and the profound impact it can have on survivors. This is a story of resilience, love, and the enduring power of a family's legacy.

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0:42.4

This is Hidden Killers with Tony Bruske.

0:44.8

Here now, Tony Bruske.

0:51.7

There's a strange quiet that settles into the lives of grieving.

0:54.8

It doesn't arrive all at once,

0:56.8

not like the news that triggers it.

0:59.5

That part comes fast to knock at the door,

1:01.6

a phone call, a word you can't unhear.

1:04.4

But the quiet, that sleeps in.

1:06.4

It lingers.

1:09.4

It replaces the normal rhythm of things.

1:12.3

And once it is there, it stays.

1:14.5

You wake up to it.

1:16.6

You go to sleep with it.

1:24.0

It threads through your days in ways that never fully makes sense.

1:31.0

Stacey Chapin knows that quiet. She lives with it. Her son, Ethan Chapin,

1:41.0

he was 20 years old when he was murdered in November of 2022, along with three of his close friends,

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