A mother of one of the victims in the Idaho University murders had a chilling message to their killer, Bryan Kohberger, following his life prison sentence.
“A dead killer doesn’t kill again. So while I’m disappointed that the firing squad won’t take their shots at you, I’m confident the men in prison will have their way with you in more ways than one,” Kristi Goncalves, who was the mother of victim Kaylee Goncalves, said to Kohberger, 30 in court on Wednesday, July 23, per a video shared via X. “You will finally get what you wanted, physical touch, just probably not how you were expecting it.”
Kristi continued: “See you haven’t beat the system, you’ve simply entered a new one where the rules are cruel and the consequences will never end. You are entering a place where no one will care about who you are and no one will ever respect you. You will be forgotten, discarded, used and erased. You will always be remembered as a loser and an absolute failure.”
She added that she hopes that the “silence echoes in your heart for the rest of your meaningless days.”
“I hope it reminds you of what we all already know, you are nothing,” she said. “May you continue to live your life in misery. You are officially the property of the state of Idaho, where your fellow inmates are anxiously awaiting your arrival. But it’s OK cause they’re there to help you. Hell will be waiting.”
Kristi shared that she also had a message for Kohberger from her youngest daughter, Aubrie.
“Aubrey wanted to say, ‘You may have received As in high school and college, but you’re going to be getting big Ds in prison,’” she quipped.
After concluding her speech, Kohberger blinked before returning to his stoic expression.
Kohberger was sentenced to four lifetimes in prison on Wednesday for the murders of Kaylee, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. The group of students from Idaho University were stabbed to death by Kohberger in their home in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022. Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke also lived in the house and were present for the murders. They survived the attack.
Kohberger, who was a criminology PhD student at Washington State University at the time of the murders, was arrested in December 2022. The crime garnered interest across the United States and was the subject of a docuseries titled “One Night in Idaho.”
He initially entered a not guilty plea with a trial scheduled for August. In July, Kohberger ultimately took a plea deal that removed the option of the death penalty. (The death penalty could have been possible if the case went to trial.)
After accepting the deal, Kohberger signed a confession admitting to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary.
“This unfathomable and senseless act of evil has caused immeasurable pain and loss. No parent should ever have to bury their child,” Ada County District Court Judge Steven Hippler stated on Wednesday. “This is the greatest tragedy that can be inflicted upon a person.”
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