Watch: Bryan Kohberger's Signed Confession for All 4 Idaho Murders RevealedKaylee Goncalves' family is airing their grievances. Over a week after Bryan Kohberger signed a written confession admitting to the November 2022 killings of four University of Idaho students, including Kaylee, her parents slammed his decision, emphasizing that he didn't have to provide a written or verbal explanation for his crimes. "I wish that he would've had to say their names other than just some 'yeses and noes,'" Kaylee's mom Kristi Goncalves shared on Today July 18. "It shows a little more accountability and owning up to what he did-to have to say the victims' names, our daughter's name." The undergraduate student's dad, Steve Goncalves, shared he was appalled to see Bryan sitting as he pleaded guilty to the murders of Kaylee, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. Steve, who was prepared to see Bryan go to trial, explained, "We want to see some sternness when you see four lives lost. He wasn't even asked to stand."readIdaho Murders Case: Ethan Chapin's Parents React to Bryan Kohberger's Plea Deal"We want to send a message," he continued, "if you come after kids, people are going to put their foot down and they're going to do everything in their power to make sure that whoever did that it held to the highest accountability that there is." Although he and Kristi received few details about what led up to their 21-year-old daughter's murder from investigators, Steve believes that Bryan-whose deal constituted a fixed life sentence for the murders, as well as a 10-year sentence for the burglary charge-will share his thoughts eventually. View this post on Instagram A post shared by TODAY (@todayshow) "I think we're gonna find out secrets through his sick, twisted mind," he said. "He's gonna write about it. He's going to have interviews, exclusive interviews with his family members and certain people. That's how we're gonna hear about it." Steve and Kristi are still searching for answers, over two years after Kaylee's death. "I don't want to hear it from the media. I would rather hear it from the investigators," he asserted. "We shouldn't be robbed of that. We should know all those details."Ted S. Warren-Pool/Getty ImagesFor the Goncalves, they believed that justice would've been served in the courtroom. Steve added, "I believe in the court system. I believe in our juries and that's what we were prepared to do." "We expected to go to trial this summer and I had 250 hours set aside on my schedule," he explained. "We're just trying to wrap our heads around this new development. We're still a family, we still have to take care of ourselves. We're moving on." While Bryan agreed to the plea deal, District Court Judge Steven Hippler can still decide whether to accept the agreement. He is scheduled to be sentenced July 23. For more details on Kohberger's trial, keep reading. (E! News and Today are part of the NBCUniversal family.)InstagramWho Were Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle?Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, 20, were University of Idaho students who lived in an off-campus apartment. On Nov. 12, 2022-the night before their bodies were found-Goncalves and Mogen were at a nearby sports bar, while Kernodle and Chapin were at the latter's fraternity party. By 2 a.m. on Nov. 13, the four roommates and Chapin were back at the three-story rental house. Goncalves was a senior majoring in general studies at the College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences. She was expected to graduate in December before heading to Austin, Texas, for a job at a marketing firm, her friend Jordyn Quesnell told The New York Times. Mogen, who was studying marketing, was best friends with Goncalves since the sixth grade. She had plans to move to Boise after graduation, family friend Jessie Frost shared with The Idaho Statesman. Kernodle was a junior majoring in marketing, the University said at the time. She and Chapin-who majored in recreation, sport and tourism management-had been dating since the spring, the roommates' neighbor Ellie McKnight told NBC News.
InstagramWere There Any Survivors?Two roommates, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, had been home at the time of the murders. In text messages that were unsealed March 6, 2025, Mortensen and Funke tried contacting their roommates on Nov. 13 after the former saw a masked man moving through the house, according to documents obtained by E! News. "No one is answering," Mortensen texted Funke at 4:22 a.m. "I'm rlly confused rn." She continued to reach out to their roommates, urging them to respond. "Pls answer," she texted Goncalves at 4:32 a.m. and again at 10:23 a.m. "R u up??" At 11:58 a.m., a 911 call was placed after Kernodle was found unresponsive, per an additional motion obtained by E! News. A woman named A1 in the transcript described the current situation to the operator. "One of the roommates who's passed out a