Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves’ parents call for DEATH PENALTY and were ‘numb’ in court
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The parents of Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves say they support the death penalty for their daughter’s alleged killer, but say they “will forgive him.”
Suspected quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger, 28, appeared in court yesterday charged with all four murders as well as felony robbery after being extradited to Idaho.
Steve and Kristi Goncalves say they felt ‘numb’ when they first came face to face with their daughters’ alleged killer.
Kaylee, 21, was found dead in bed with her best friend Maddie Mogen, 21, at their home in Moscow, Idaho, along with Ethan Chapin, 20, and Xana Kernodle, 20.
Steve and Kristi Goncalves say they felt ‘numb’ when they first came face to face with their daughters’ alleged killer.
The couple described Kaylee and Maddie, in the photo, as their daughters because the girls were very close.
speaking to NewsNationSteve said: ‘Justice doesn’t have a room where you can read books and you can go to school and you can have three meals and you can have your vegan diet.
‘To me, that is not justice. Justice is when you leave the planet, and everyone can rejoice and be glad you’re not there.’
Kristi added that she’s “glad they live in Idaho,” where they have the death penalty, before saying she felt “numb” looking at Kohberger.
She said she “expected to feel an immense amount of hate” but “she’s still in shock” and felt “nothing” when she looked at him.
Describing both Maddie and Kaylee as their daughters, the couple said, “we’ll forgive him.” We will do it. We are not going to have that great weight on us.
‘We will forgive this individual, but he has to pay for what he has done. And he is not only our daughter, they are all the victims to whom he has to pay, to do justice.
Kristi said she “expected to feel an immense amount of hate” but “she’s still in shock” and felt “nothing” when she looked at Kohberger.
Suspected quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger, 28, appeared in court yesterday charged with all four murders as well as felony robbery after being extradited to Idaho.
If our daughters could trade places with him. And I mean Maddie, as my daughter would in a heartbeat if they could sit there and have three squares, a place to live and we could call them, we could write them letters.
‘They could watch television, they could educate themselves. I would love it if Maddie and Kaylee were serving life in prison right now.
At least we could talk to them. They would be breathing, that is not a punishment equivalent to being killed.
It comes when a relative of Xana Kernodle asked others to put themselves in her family’s shoes.
They have established a scholarship at the University of Idaho to ‘honor his memory and keep his legacy alive.’
Kaylee’s family says they would be ‘happy’ if the girls were serving life sentences because it meant they could still talk to them.
Based on new court documents, a graphic shows how the murders in the student house on November 13 may have unfolded.
It comes when a relative of Xana Kernodle, pictured here, asked others to put themselves in her family’s shoes. They have launched a scholarship at the University of Idaho to ‘honor her memory and keep her legacy alive’
In a statement, Sheldon Kernodle said: “Think of our family and all the other families involved. Find ways to support them too.
‘We must continue to remember those we lost. We have a long road ahead.
Kohberger previously insisted that his attorney in Pennsylvania would be “exonerated.”
The criminal justice graduate only spoke to confirm his name and that he had representation during a hearing in Moscow, Idaho, on Thursday.
An unsealed probable cause affidavit yesterday revealed how police painstakingly tracked down the alleged killer.
Phone records show that Kohberger approached the property just five hours after the murders took place, with his phone turned off during the time of the murders.
Dylan Mortensen, the surviving roommate, told police that he saw a masked man leave the house at approximately 4:20 am. The first 911 call didn’t come in until just before noon.
The white Hyundai Elantra that was seen in the area of the murders on the night in question. A University of Washington campus police officer was searching for similar vehicles after the murders and noticed Kohberger’s car in the parking lot of his on-campus apartment.
On December 27, a team of undercover police seized trash from the Kohberger family home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania.
He is also charged with stalking students and visiting the property or area at least 12 times prior to the Nov. 13 killings.
The documents included details about how Kohberger’s DNA was found on a knife sheath near the bodies of Maddie Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves.
FBI agents matched the DNA to Kohberger’s after obtaining a DNA sample from the trash at his home in Pennsylvania.
The documents also detail how a surviving roommate, Dylan Mortensen, came face to face with a masked man believed to be Kohbegrer in the hallway of their shared house at the time of the murders, shortly after 4 a.m.
Mortensen heard what he believed to be the screams of his roommates, came out of his room and saw a man with a black mask and bushy eyebrows.
She froze with fear and watched him go by, then waited six hours before calling the police.
Police zeroed in on Kohberger by linking his white Hyundai Elantra to the scene and then using his phone number to track his movements.