Kaylee Goncalves' mother wrestles to forgive 'demon' Bryan Kohberger as he seeks to undo guilty plea
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 INADMISSIBLE 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.
Kristi Goncalves said her daughter was unrecognizable after suffering severe facial injuries, while Steve Goncalves described the brutal killings as the fulfillment of Kohberger’s sick "fantasy," whom the couple characterized as soulless.
"There is something very non-human about him," she said.
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