The parents of slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves are opening up about their struggle to forgive their daughter’s killer, Bryan Kohberger, as he seeks to withdraw his guilty plea.Kohberger pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary in 2025 in a deal that spared him the death penalty.He was subsequently sentenced to four consecutive life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole, along with 10 years for burglary — but the convicted killer is asking a judge to undo it all."According to the Bible, we need to forgive him," Kaylee Goncalves’ mother, Kristi Goncalves, told "Hang Out with Sean Hannity." "But Steve said he's never asked for forgiveness.He's never showed an ounce of remorse.
He's claiming that he didn't do this.So, what, do we forgive him?"IDAHO MURDERS: NEW BOOK ON KOHBERGER REVEALS PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN EVIDENCE, CLAIMS SHEATH COULD BE INADMISSIBLEBryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse for his sentencing hearing on July 23, 2025 in Boise, Idaho.
Kohberger pleaded guilty in exchange for being spared the death penalty for the stabbing of four University of Idaho students.(Kyle Green-Pool/Getty Images)Kohberger, 31, fatally stabbed Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in the early morning hours of Nov.
13, 2022, after entering the home through a sliding glass door.His DNA was found on a knife sheath left at the crime scene that once carried the weapon he used to gruesomely kill the four young college students."He [Kohberger] entered that house with intent to kill… and I'm struggling with forgiving that," Kristi Goncalves told host Sean Hannity.BRYAN KOHBERGER'S CHOICE OF 'A HOUSE FULL OF WOMEN' MAY HOLD THE KEY TO THE IDAHO MURDERS' BIGGEST MYSTERY"I envision what took place in that house that night, and I feel like he is a demon.I feel like he is… the devil himself," she added.University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, ...