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News.com.au
2 days ago
- News.com.au
‘He was mad': Detail we missed as killer confronted in court
The young woman who bravely confronted her sister's killer as he was jailed for life has detailed the moment we all missed in the blistering courtroom take-down. Alivea Goncalves, sister of murdered Kaylee Goncalves, has opened up about her decision to give Bryan Kohberger a verbal shakedown during his sentencing. Kohberger was given four consecutive life sentences after he snuck into the shared home of Idaho State University students Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20 and Ethan Chapin, 20 in Moscow, Idaho. All four were stabbed to death in their beds by Kohberger, now 30, at around 4am on November 13, 2022. Two other flatmates, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, were unharmed, despite Kohberger being seemingly aware they were there. Kohberger agreed to a plea deal on July 2 that saw him admit to the murders and waive his right to appeal in exchange for not getting the death penalty. The legal move left some of the victim's families outraged, including the Goncalves', prompting family members to channel that anger during their powerful, and unforgettable, victim impact statements. Videos of Alivea's blistering take-down of Kohberger, which saw the 26-year-old call him 'a delusional, pathetic, hypochondriac loser', quickly went viral around the world – with many praising her courage. She has now spoken out about her brave statement, revealing she was 'fuelled by seeing the rage on his face', as well as revealing the detail we all missed. 'I had one shot at it and I was gonna make the most of it,' she told ABC News. 'I went off memory because I didn't want to break eye contact. 'Man … was he mad. That was obviously a big point of why I did what I did, to make him feel small.' Alivea added that she was 'prepared to be arrested' for telling Kohberger he was 'as dumb as they come, stupid, clumsy, slow, sloppy, weak, dirty'. But at one point during her victim impact statement, Kohberger appeared to take sick pleasure in the verbal lashing — flashing a slight grin at Alivea. Other than that brief moment, he wore a blank expression on his face through the entire proceeding despite Alivea's powerful statement. He also stayed silent when he was given the chance to address the court, stating: 'I respectfully decline.' Her comments come after police reports taken from the scene were made public, revealing Ms Goncalves – who was murdered alongside her lifelong best friend Maddie Mogen – was stabbed more than 30 times and had defensive wounds on her body. The 21-year-old was described as 'unrecognisable as her facial structure was extremely damaged,' the documents stated, a 'gruesome and graphic' detail Alivea said the family wanted made public to let people know 'Kaylee absolutely fought for her life'. During the courtroom confrontation, Alivea drew a large applause as she ordered Kohberger to 'sit up straight when I talk to you'. 'Let me be very clear. Don't ever try to convince yourself you mattered just because someone finally said your name out loud,' she told the convicted killer. 'I see through you. 'You want the truth? Here's the one you'll hate the most: If you hadn't attacked them in their sleep, in the middle of the night like a paedophile, Kaylee would have kicked your f***ing ass.' Kristi Goncalves, Kaylee's mum, also delivered a colourful condemnation of her daughter's murderer. 'Your fellow inmates will be awaiting your arrival,' she said. While father Steve Goncalves labelled him a 'joke' while ridiculing the lazy trail of evidence he left behind at the scene of his gruesome quadruple murder. known as 'one of America's worst hellhole prisons'. Conditions are said to be extremely tough at the jail, which was reportedly opened in 1989 to confine the state's 'most disruptive male residents', with inmates given little access to home comforts. Kohberger's first meal in notorious prison Prisoners have access to basic food services at the unit, including various selective diets, such as vegetarian menus and a 'healthy choice' option. For vegan inmates like Kohberger, vegan barley casserole, baked beans and canned fruit are on offer. On Wednesday night, the day of his arrival, the menu included hotdogs, salad and Jello pie, a prison official told the New York Post. A photo shared on the Idaho Department of Correction of a meal served at IMSI shows a red tray, featuring a main meal, a side, as well as a salad and dessert along with a drink. Kohberger, who was previously being held at the Ada County Jail in Boise during his trial, is now expected to live out his days at IMSI — the state's only max security prison. Inside the 'hellhole' prison The IMSI is reportedly 'tucked away in a desolate area on the outskirts of the state's capital' and has earned a grim reputation for its harsh conditions. In the past the prison has seen allegations of abusive guards, experienced violent brawls, and is said to have had complaints from inmates over its faeces-covered recreation 'cages' and a dirty ventilation system described as being 'biohazard'. Two of Idaho's most notorious serial killers — Gerald Pizzuto and Thomas Eugene Creech — are also serving time there, along with doomsday cult killer Chad Daybell.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Sister of Idaho murder victim says she was set to be ‘arrested' for statement at Bryan Kohberger's sentencing
Alivea Goncalves revealed she was bracing to be arrested as she addressed the man who fatally stabbed four University of Idaho students, including her younger sister, Kaylee Goncalves. Bryan Kohberger, 30, was sentenced to life in prison last week after he pleaded guilty to murdering Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in their off-campus home on November 13, 2022. Judge Steven Hippler handed Kohberger four consecutive life sentences without the chance of parole and a decade for burglary. At his sentencing, the victims' loved ones had a chance to address the court and Kohberger. Alivea Goncalves used the opportunity to lay into her sister's killer, demanding he 'sit up straight' as she labeled him a 'sociopath, psychopath, murderer' in a speech that earned applause from others in the courtroom. 'The truth is, you're basic,' Alivea Goncalves told Kohberger. 'Let me be very clear: Don't ever try to convince yourself you matter just because someone finally said your name out loud. I see through you.' 'You want the truth? Here's the one you'll hate the most: If you hadn't attacked them in their sleep, in the middle of the night, like a pedophile, Kaylee would've kicked your f***ing ass,' she added. Alivea Goncalves told ABC News she was 'prepared to be arrested that day.' 'I'm not joking, I think that every single one of us were,' she said in an interview that aired Monday. 'Man, was he mad,' she added. 'That was obviously a big point of why I did what I did, to make him feel small.' Kaylee Goncalves's parents also unleashed on Kohberger. Her mother, Kristi Goncalves, told Kohberger he is 'nothing,' calling him the 'property of the state of Idaho' and wishing him a life of 'misery.' Steve Goncalves, her father, similarly told Kohberger that 'nobody cares' about him. 'From this moment, we'll forget you,' Steve Goncalves said. 'You tried to plant fear, you tried to divide us. You failed. You united everyone in their disgust for you.' Alivea Goncalves said she researched Kohberger ahead of the speech, which she gave from memory to maintain eye contact with her sister's killer. 'I mean, I stalked the stalker,' she told ABC News. 'I found everything that I could from him online from the beginning of time to now. It fueled me to know that I got you pegged. I had one shot at it, and I was going to make the most of it.' She also revealed she cut some remarks from her speech after realizing Kohberger's mother and sister were in the courtroom. "I didn't anticipate his mother and sister being there," Alivea Goncalves said. "And I had specific lines that were directed towards his relationship with his mother and directed towards the shame that he has caused his family, and how the ultimate move of a coward is for him to sit behind bars while the rest of his family has to bear the real weight, the shame of what he's done." Judge Steven Hippler was emotional during the hearing and called the murders acts of 'unspeakable evil.' Kohberger, who has rarely spoken in court, declined to give a statement at the sentencing and his motive remains unknown. "The more we struggle to seek explanation for the unexplainable, the more power and control we give to him," Hippler said. "In my view, the time has now come to end Mr. Kohberger's 15 minutes of fame." The Goncalves family previously condemned the plea deal that prosecutors offered Kohberger, which allowed him to admit to the crimes and avoid the death penalty. The trial was set to begin in August, just over a month after he accepted the deal. 'We are beyond furious at the State of Idaho,' the family said in a June statement. 'They have failed us. Please give us some time. This was very unexpected. We appreciate all your love and support.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Kaylee Goncalves' Sister Alivea Says She Was 'Prepared to Be Arrested' After Statement at Bryan Kohberger's Sentencing
"I had one shot at it, and I was going to make the most of it," Alivea said of the powerful victim impact statement she delivered Alivea Goncalves opened up about the powerful victim impact statement that she made at Bryan Kohberger's sentencing for the murder of four University of Idaho students, including her sister Kaylee Goncalves. On Wednesday, July 23, Kohberger was sentenced to four life terms in prison for the November 2022 murders of Kaylee, 21; Maddie Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20. During the sentencing, multiple people who were close to the victims delivered statements, including Alivea who spoke directly at Kohberger. "You want the truth? Here's the one you'll hate the most. If you hadn't attacked them in their sleep, in the middle of the night like a pedophile, Kaylee would have kicked your f------ ass," she told him. On July 28, Alivea reflected on the statement during an interview with Good Morning America and confessed that she was concerned at one point that she might get in trouble for what she had to say. "I was prepared to be arrested that day," she said, adding, "I think that every single one of us were." She added that she was "fueled by the rage on his face" as she spoke to him. "Man, was he mad. "That was obviously a big point of why I did what I did. To make him feel small because he is. It actually makes me really emotional. I got up there knowing that my speech wasn't to Kaylee and Maddie. It was for them," she said. Alivea memorized her statement so that she could deliver it while maintaining eye contact with Kohberger, GMA reported. "I had one shot at it, and I was going to make the most of it," she said, adding that she did a lot of work in advance to prepare something to say. That entailed doing research on Kohberger. "I mean, I stalked the stalker. I found everything that I could online from the beginning of time to now. It fueled me to know that I got you pegged," she explained. Before she was killed, Kaylee told multiple people about incidents of someone watching her. Dylan Mortensen, who survived the attack and also delivered a victim impact statement, told the Moscow Police Department shortly after the murders that Kaylee told her "an individual was following her" weeks before she died, while she had also mentioned seeing a shadow while out walking her dog Murphy a month before. During her speech, Alivea took direct aim at Kohberger while remembering her sister and Kaylee's best friend Maddie. "They were everything that you could never be — loved, accepted, vibrant, accomplished, brave and powerful," she said while describing Kohberger as "painfully average." "You aren't profound, you're pathetic," she said. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. Speaking to NewsNation after the statement, Alivea compared speaking to Kohberger to being "face to face with an alien." "I'm not intimidated by him, truly, I'm not, but…there's a primal sense of alarm, like my body was telling me, 'Run, get out. This is a threat,' " she shared. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Kaylee Goncalves' Sister Alivea Says She Was 'Prepared to Be Arrested' After Statement at Bryan Kohberger's Sentencing
"I had one shot at it, and I was going to make the most of it," Alivea said of the powerful victim impact statement she delivered Alivea Goncalves opened up about the powerful victim impact statement that she made at Bryan Kohberger's sentencing for the murder of four University of Idaho students, including her sister Kaylee Goncalves. On Wednesday, July 23, Kohberger was sentenced to four life terms in prison for the November 2022 murders of Kaylee, 21; Maddie Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20. During the sentencing, multiple people who were close to the victims delivered statements, including Alivea who spoke directly at Kohberger. "You want the truth? Here's the one you'll hate the most. If you hadn't attacked them in their sleep, in the middle of the night like a pedophile, Kaylee would have kicked your f------ ass," she told him. On July 28, Alivea reflected on the statement during an interview with Good Morning America and confessed that she was concerned at one point that she might get in trouble for what she had to say. "I was prepared to be arrested that day," she said, adding, "I think that every single one of us were." She added that she was "fueled by the rage on his face" as she spoke to him. "Man, was he mad. "That was obviously a big point of why I did what I did. To make him feel small because he is. It actually makes me really emotional. I got up there knowing that my speech wasn't to Kaylee and Maddie. It was for them," she said. Alivea memorized her statement so that she could deliver it while maintaining eye contact with Kohberger, GMA reported. "I had one shot at it, and I was going to make the most of it," she said, adding that she did a lot of work in advance to prepare something to say. That entailed doing research on Kohberger. "I mean, I stalked the stalker. I found everything that I could online from the beginning of time to now. It fueled me to know that I got you pegged," she explained. Before she was killed, Kaylee told multiple people about incidents of someone watching her. Dylan Mortensen, who survived the attack and also delivered a victim impact statement, told the Moscow Police Department shortly after the murders that Kaylee told her "an individual was following her" weeks before she died, while she had also mentioned seeing a shadow while out walking her dog Murphy a month before. During her speech, Alivea took direct aim at Kohberger while remembering her sister and Kaylee's best friend Maddie. "They were everything that you could never be — loved, accepted, vibrant, accomplished, brave and powerful," she said while describing Kohberger as "painfully average." "You aren't profound, you're pathetic," she said. Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. Speaking to NewsNation after the statement, Alivea compared speaking to Kohberger to being "face to face with an alien." "I'm not intimidated by him, truly, I'm not, but…there's a primal sense of alarm, like my body was telling me, 'Run, get out. This is a threat,' " she shared. Read the original article on People
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Daily Mail
Kaylee Goncalves' sister describes what was like to face killer Bryan Kohberger: 'He is not human'
The sister of Kaylee Goncalves, who was murdered by Bryan Kohberger, has recounted the chilling moment she came eye-to-eye with her sibling's killer. Alivea Goncalves delivered a fiery and unwavering victim impact statement during Kohberger's sentencing in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday, directly confronting the quadruple murderer and commanding him to 'sit up straight when I talk to you.' In an interview released Friday with NewsNation correspondent Brian Entin, Alivea recounted the moments leading up to her powerful courtroom statement, delivered in the harrowing presence of her sister's killer. She explained that no words could truly convey the reality of standing just feet from him - and the only way she could describe it was: 'He is not human.' 'When I tell you... there is not a human there,' she said during the interview. 'I'm not scared of this individual, I'm not intimidated by him - truly I'm not,' she added. 'But when I tell you there is... a primal sense of alarms. My body was telling me, "Run. Get out. This is a threat. This is not a human capacity."' Alivea has since been widely praised on social media for her powerful victim impact statement, where she spoke with unwavering confidence - directly confronting Kohberger and boldly calling out his failures. While speaking with Entin, she explained that although she initially felt confident in her words, once inside the courtroom, the overwhelming emotions made her fear that her statement might not fully do justice to the victims and their families. It wasn't until her father, Steve Goncalves - known for his outspoken presence since the murders - boldly turned the podium toward the defendant, despite warnings not to, that the atmosphere in the courtroom 'shifted.' As she sat in the pews, making last-minute tweaks and notes to her statement while listening to others deliver their emotional speeches, she steeled herself to deliver hers - determined to say everything she had been planning. 'My speech wasn't to Kaylee and Maddie - it was for them,' she said during the interview. 'If Kaylee and Maddie had been here today, it would have been something that I feel like would have rung true to them.' Her goal, she explained, was to hold eye contact with him for as long as she could - but as she stared into his eyes, every instinct in her told her she wasn't looking at a human being. 'The best description I can give you is, like, if I had come face-to-face with an alien,' she described. 'Because, back behind there, there's no human being - there's no humanity.' Alivea recalled seeing 'raw anger' and 'raw rage' in Kohberger's eyes as she confronted him, but despite the intensity, her focus remained steadfast - seeking justice for her sister Kaylee and Madison. 'I could feel that specific stare the entire time. It was unrelenting,' she explained. 'All I remember feeling is, "This guy's pissed,"' she added. 'This is anger I've never experienced firsthand before.' 'I was ready to stand on business. There was nothing that was going to make me back down from that moment. All I felt was rage, almost from the very beginning.' During Alivea's blistering impact statement on Wednesday, she said: 'I wont stand her and give you what you want. I wont give you tears instead. I will call you what you are: sociopath, psychopath, murderer.' 'The truth is you're basic. You're a textbook case as insecurity disguised as control. You spent months preparing and still all it took was my sister and a sheath,' she added. 'You're as dumb as they come. Stupid, dumb, weak, dirty', Alivea continued, before she then hit him with the very same questions that Kohberger posed in a survey on Reddit as part of his criminology degree at DeSales University. She went on to blast Kohberger's past and all his failings, including unanswered questions in the Idaho murder case. Alivea told Kohberger he was a 'delusional, pathetic, hypochondriadic loser' who 'thought you were so much better than everyone else.' In a damning conclusion, she added: 'If you hadn't attacked them in your sleep like a pedophile, Kaylee would have kicked your f****** ass.' The courtroom erupted in clapping at the end of Alivea's statement. Koberger remained emotionless throughout. 'My whole purpose of that speech was taking back this power and giving it back to Kaylee and Maddie. Xana and Ethan as well. I wanted to give them the hero moment that I truly feel like they deserve,' she told Entin regarding her statement. 'For me, it was about taking back that control from him… getting under his skin, as best as I psychologically could with my limited understanding of what he is,' she added. 'It was all genuine. It was all incredibly true. Everything I did say was accurate to who he is and who they were.' In the closing moments of her interview, filmed less than 24 hours after the sentencing, Alivea told Entin with conviction, 'I truly believe Kaylee would've kicked his ass.' Kohberger, a 30-year-old PhD candidate, declined to speak at the hearing as he was told he would spend the remainder of his life behind bars without parole.
