Steve GoncalvesThe father’s father at the University of Idaho murdered Kaylee Goncalvesinsisted that the public deserves to know the details of Bryan KohbergerThe advocacy agreement.
“I think the public should demand [the truth] 100%. Sometimes the courtroom does not realize that there is no courtroom without victims, and they must represent them, people and the community, “said Goncalves during an interview on Newsnation’snation’s Banfield Wednesday August 6. “You know, the community has the right to know that they stop the right people, and the punishment is correct.”
Kohberger was initially arrested in December 2024, several weeks after entering a house in Moscow, Idaho, located in 1122 King Road. While Kohberger initially protested his innocence, he Finally pleaded guilty dagger Ethan Chapin,, Xana Kernodle,, Mad and Kaylee to death. In July 2025, the killer was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole, over 10 years for a criminal burglary.
Speak in depth of the case on BanfieldGoncalves suggested that the parents of murdered students were not necessarily on the same wavelength as the prosecutors.
“I think that, you know, the accusation here deliberately hid the facts of what happened to these children to try to ensure that all parents are in silos and do not unite and do not form [prosecutors] To do the right thing, force them to have a case of capital, “he said.” They never had that. That’s why they didn’t say [us] Which has really happened to our children. They hid us because they knew that it could be a filtering cry so that all parents occur on the same wavelength. »»
Prosecutor Bill Thompson previously defended conclude a advocacy agreement who spared Kohberger with a potential sentence of death, telling Idaho’s statesman In July, he delivered “an immediate purpose, which would not have happened if we were to be tried”.
Judge Steven Hippler Recently made a prescription confirming that he would examine requests for dispensing certain evidence – including photos of the crime scene and the list of “alternative authors of the defense team – after consulting the defense and the prosecutors. Reacting to order, said Goncalves Banfield that the families of the victims previously opposed the horrible imaging of the non -sealed crime scene.
“I believe that all the families made known that of the prosecution team, it is not something that interests us, and we fear that we saw them disclosed at any time when you had certain stories and certain things [have] has been disclosed since the very beginning, “he said.” We are afraid to wake up one morning and that maybe [they] could be on television.

Goncalves encouraged anyone looking for full access to the evidence of Idaho murders to examine how potential non-establishment could have an impact on those who have been affected by horrible crime.
“You do not understand that these are our children, and we were not satisfied with this kind of thing,” he insisted. “And I think it encourages … you have a whole show here [about] Some people who do terrible things to people, and that’s one thing I think we show a little too much, and I hope we can give these children dignity, and we don’t have to go. “”
He later supported: “[Prosecutors] could easily have done better than that. This net effect … I mean, the case is over. Let him go out. Stay next to your decisions and information [can] to go out. I know you have to give him a little time to seal, but it’s called “control, find, replace”. We do it at work all the time. This is not a big problem. We can replace. We can. We can pass through these documents very easily. »»
Goncalves insisted on the fact that the whole test had been an “absolute torture” for the families of the victims, especially since they now faced potentially non -sealed evidence.

Steve Goncalves Console Kristi Goncalves in July 2025.
Kyle Green-Pool / Getty imagesAs for the recent series of interviews by prosecutor Thompson justifying the Kohberger advocacy agreement, Goncalves complained: “I prefer that [he] Just be silent. I mean, I want to hear the officers. I want to hear about people who have done their job. I really don’t want to hear about it, hearing about a guy who, you know, called for work, spoke to a colleague and said: “Hey, let’s do an agreement. Let’s be over. I don’t want to work. Don’t you want to work? “”
“They concluded a plea agreement, and they returned home and they recovered their summers,” noted the father in mourning. “So it’s not to whom I think we should talk to. We should speak to the FBI and these prosecutors and boots and men and women who have really helped put this case. ”
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