NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n\n\n- Kaylee Goncalves fought for her life as Bryan Kohberger beat her in the head and face before ultimately stabbing her to death on Nov. 13, 2022, said her mother on Facebook<\/li>\n
- Kristi Goncalves shared details of her daughter’s murder after she and her husband Steve were criticized for their opposition to Bryan Kohberger’s plea deal<\/li>\n
- Kohberger will not stand trial and avoids possible execution by agreeing to enter a guilty plea to murdering Goncalves and three other University of Idaho students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Bryan Kohberger targeted Kaylee Goncalves when he broke into her off-campus home at the University of Idaho and murdered her and three others on Nov. 13, 2022, according to her mother.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nKristi and Steve Goncalves have been publicly\u00a0expressing their anger and frustration\u00a0<\/a>with the fact that their daughter’s killer will not stand trial and cannot be sentenced to death after he\u00a0struck a deal with prosecutors<\/a>\u00a0earlier this week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThis has led some to publicly chastise the grieving parents for seeking vengeance over justice, a criticism that Kristi addressed in a\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0post on Thursday, July 3.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“[I]f your 21yr old daughter was sleeping in her bed and BK went into her house with the intention to kill her and he did, by stabbing her MANY times, as well as beating her in the face and head while it was clear that she fought for her life…what would you want?” she wrote.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>Steve and Kristi Goncalves.<\/span>Sarah A. Miller\/Idaho Statesman\/Tribune News Service via Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThat post shared a number of new details about Goncalves’ death while also giving critics of her parents an idea of the couple’s mindset as they continue to grapple with the loss of a child.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nIt is the first time there has been any mention of Kohberger beating his victims, while confirming the fact that he had targeted some of the four students he confessed to murdering in court on Wednesday, July 2.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nLatah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson said in court that after\u00a0breaking into the victims’ home through a second-floor door,<\/a>\u00a0Kohberger walked up to the third floor and murdered Goncalves and her best friend, Madison Mogen, 21, rather than target any of the three people sleeping in the two bedrooms on the second floor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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- Kaylee Goncalves fought for her life as Bryan Kohberger beat her in the head and face before ultimately stabbing her to death on Nov. 13, 2022, said her mother on Facebook<\/li>\n
- Kristi Goncalves shared details of her daughter’s murder after she and her husband Steve were criticized for their opposition to Bryan Kohberger’s plea deal<\/li>\n
- Kohberger will not stand trial and avoids possible execution by agreeing to enter a guilty plea to murdering Goncalves and three other University of Idaho students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Bryan Kohberger targeted Kaylee Goncalves when he broke into her off-campus home at the University of Idaho and murdered her and three others on Nov. 13, 2022, according to her mother.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nKristi and Steve Goncalves have been publicly\u00a0expressing their anger and frustration\u00a0<\/a>with the fact that their daughter’s killer will not stand trial and cannot be sentenced to death after he\u00a0struck a deal with prosecutors<\/a>\u00a0earlier this week.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nThis has led some to publicly chastise the grieving parents for seeking vengeance over justice, a criticism that Kristi addressed in a\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0post on Thursday, July 3.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n“[I]f your 21yr old daughter was sleeping in her bed and BK went into her house with the intention to kill her and he did, by stabbing her MANY times, as well as beating her in the face and head while it was clear that she fought for her life…what would you want?” she wrote.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Steve and Kristi Goncalves.<\/span>Sarah A. Miller\/Idaho Statesman\/Tribune News Service via Getty<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n That post shared a number of new details about Goncalves’ death while also giving critics of her parents an idea of the couple’s mindset as they continue to grapple with the loss of a child.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nIt is the first time there has been any mention of Kohberger beating his victims, while confirming the fact that he had targeted some of the four students he confessed to murdering in court on Wednesday, July 2.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/div>\nLatah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson said in court that after\u00a0breaking into the victims’ home through a second-floor door,<\/a>\u00a0Kohberger walked up to the third floor and murdered Goncalves and her best friend, Madison Mogen, 21, rather than target any of the three people sleeping in the two bedrooms on the second floor.<\/p>\n
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