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(NewsNation) —The sister and begetter of Kaylee Goncalves, 1 of 4 Idaho students murdered by Bryan Kohberger, called him “nothing” and told him helium would beryllium “forgotten” successful a scathing interaction connection during his sentencing proceeding Wednesday.
Alivea Goncalves, Kaylee’s sister, skewered Kohberger successful a bid of entries she work aloud that she wrote astir him successful the years since the murders successful 2022.
“There is simply a sanction for your condition, though your inflated ego conscionable didn't let you to spot it... Wannabe,” she said. “You enactment similar nary 1 could ever recognize your mind. But the information is, you're basic.”
“Your patterns are predictable, your motives are shallow. You are not profound, you're pathetic. You aren't peculiar oregon deep, not mysterious oregon exceptional. Don't ever get it twisted again,” she said.
She besides told him to“sit up consecutive erstwhile I speech to you,” and asked the convicted killer: “Why did you take my sisters?”
She likened Kohberger’s mid-sleep onslaught to 1 a “pedophile” would do, saying her sister would person "kicked your f—ing ass” had she been awake.
Steve Goncalves, begetter of unfortunate Kaylee Goncalves speaks astatine the sentencing proceeding of Bryan Kohberger astatine the Ada County Courthouse, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, successful Boise, Idaho, for brutally stabbing 4 University of Idaho students to decease astir 3 years ago. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, Pool)Kohberger sat expressionless arsenic respective members of the Goncalves household spoke to him.
Steve Goncalves, Kaylee’s father, besides spoke to him directly.
“The world's watching due to the fact that of the kids due to the fact that you're not worthy the time, the effort to beryllium remembered successful time, you volition beryllium thing but 2 initials, forgotten,” helium said.
"Today, we are present to beryllium to the satellite that you prime the incorrect families, incorrect state, incorrect constabulary officers. You tried to interruption our assemblage apart, you tried to works fear, you tried to disagreement us. Instead, your actions person agreed everyone," helium said.
The statements came connected an affectional time wherever respective victims’ families and friends spoke successful court.
Koehberger brutally murdered Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin successful an off-campus Idaho home.
He took a plea deal, agreeing to service 4 beingness sentences for the slayings. He confessed to sidesplitting them successful court, avoiding a proceedings wherever prosecutors intended to question the decease penalty.
