By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-06-03 18:31:11 | Updated at 2026-06-07 09:00:14
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The devastated parents of one of Bryan Kohberger’s victims revealed the heartbreaking reason they want to sit down face-to-face with their daughter’s cold-blooded killer in prison.
Kristi and Steve Goncalves said they desperately want to speak with the quadruple killer to understand why he viciously slaughtered their 21-year-old daughter Kaylee and three other University of Idaho students in their off-campus Moscow home in November 2022.
“I would ask him why,” the heartbroken mom told the Daily Mail of Kohberger, who suddenly confessed to the murders without ever discussing his motive.
“Please, please, please. Do you not think that our family has been through enough?”
Kristi stressed that her family deserves answers, pointing to the stomach-churning horror Kaylee suffered, including 38 stab wounds to her face, head and body, and defensive injuries proving she fought back.
She said Kohberger also left the slain college student with devastating facial injuries, including a broken nose and shattered facial bones.
“And you know this because you were there. Can you just tell me why,” Kristi pleaded in a message to the twisted former Washington University graduate.
“I’m a mother, and you have a mother too. Can you please just tell me why?”
Kaylee’s father calmly added: “That’s all you would have to do. Explain to us how that happened and what other weapon you used.”
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Kohberger copped to fatally stabbing Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, and Ethan Chapin on Nov. 13, 2022, and cut a surprise deal just weeks before his highly anticipated trial was set to kick off last summer.
The deal saw him skirt the possibility of the death penalty, enraging some of the families of his victims and leaving the loved ones with no explanation for why he committed the heinous murders.
“Not having the motive is very hard,” Kristi told the outlet, describing how the notion plagues her daily.
“I am constantly thinking why? Why our kids? Why that house? When was it the beginning of the end for them – when did he hone in on them and say, this girl or this girl? I’m sure he knew their names, whether or not it was one or two of them he was going after.
“There’s still a chance that we could get that answer. He’s still alive in prison.”
Kohberger is serving four life sentences without the possibility of parole at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution.
