Victims' family says Bryan Kohberger used another weapon during slayings

(NewsNation) — The begetter of Kaylee Goncalves, 1 of 4 students murdered by Bryan Kohberger, said the slayer utilized a limb different than a weapon during the 2022 slayings. 

The household spoke astatine a quality league minutes aft Kohberger was sentenced to 4 consecutive beingness sentences by Judge Steven Hippler.  

“We bash cognize that different weapon” was used, Kaylee’s begetter Steve Goncalves said. 

“She was stabbed implicit 30 times, and she was struck and determination was rather a spot of harm to her face, truthful this feline is conscionable an implicit monster,” helium added. 

Koehberger brutally murdered Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin successful an off-campus Idaho home. 

Koehberger 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.

The Goncalves household has criticized the deal, calling it hurried and secretive.

Goncalves’ father, Steve Goncalves, said the household feels they were “used” by authorities attorneys arsenic prosecutors compiled a upland of evidence. 

Goncalves besides added that helium would person preferred the enactment of a proceedings and a imaginable decease condemnation for Kohberger.

The erstwhile criminology pupil sat expressionless arsenic respective household and friends of the 4 young victims made affectional interaction statements successful court. 

Several members of the Goncalves household spoke straight to Kohberger, calling him “pathetic,” “evil” and “nothing.”