The father of one of the four college students who were stabbed to death in Moscow, Idaho, said he didn’t picture suspected killer Bryan Kohberger looking the way he does.
Kaylee Goncalves’ father, Steve, said he thought Kohberger, the 28-year-old criminology student who is the sole suspect in the quadruple homicide of University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, would look more threatening and monstrous.
“No, I thought he would be much bigger and more of a monster, obviously he has that key look of someone who doesn’t get along with girls and this was like his only option or something,” Gonclaves told host Chris Cuomo during an interview. at NewsNation.
“He just seemed like a normal guy who wouldn’t stand out in any room or at any party,” the 21-year-old father of the deceased added. “Just from the looks of him, you wouldn’t know he had that in mind.”
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A side by side with Steve and Kristi Goncalves and Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of murdering his daughter and three other students.
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Kohberger is believed to have entered the rental home of Goncalves and Mogen, both 21, and Kernodle, 20, before stabbing them to death in their beds during the early hours of November 13. Chapin, also 20, who was staying with his Kernodle’s girlfriend that night, was also found stabbed to death.
Police believe Kohberger carried out the attack between 4:00 a.m. and 4:25 a.m.
Steve Goncalves’ comments come as more is learned about Kohberger, who earned a Ph.D. student in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, which is located less than 10 miles from Moscow, Idaho.
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Investigators found multiple pieces of evidence linking Kohberger to the crime scene, including a knife sheath with his DNA on it, as well as seeing Kohberger’s white Hyundai Elantra in the area, according to a probable cause affidavit released Thursday.
Moscow Police Department Cpl. Brett Payne noticed “what appeared to be a brown leather knife sheath on the bed to Mogen’s right side,” according to the affidavit.
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“I think that’s where the attack started, and that’s important,” Joseph Scott Morgan, a distinguished scholar in applied forensics at Jacksonville State University in Alabama, told Fox News Digital.[It] it goes to progression, and it goes to who was the target. That was perhaps the specific location it was headed for.”
The Idaho State Police laboratory later identified Kohberger’s DNA on the pod.
Kohberger was finally arrested in late December at his parents’ home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, more than 2,500 miles from the school. He was on winter vacation at the time of the arrest. The white Hyundai Elantra was at the family home.
The accused killer of the Idaho murders, Bryan Kohberger, is taken from prison to court on January 1, 2023. Kohberger has waived his right to extradition and will be transported back to Moscow, Idaho for trial.
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Bryan Christopher Kohberger is seen for the first time since his arrest Friday outside the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. He is charged with the quadruple homicide in Moscow, Idaho.
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Investigators also recovered trash at the home that matched a DNA profile found at the crime scene. An analysis determined that the DNA on the piece of trash belonged to the biological father from the DNA profile found on the pod, the affidavit says.
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His DNA also matched a DNA sample in a public database and his phone also rang multiple times at his Pullman residence, just before the murders occurred, and again near the crime scene several hours later.
Kohberger has been extradited to face charges in Idaho, including four counts of murder and burglary.
General views of the home in Moscow, Idaho, on Sunday, December 4, 2022, where a quadruple homicide occurred last month.
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Legal experts have commented that the prosecution’s inclusion of the burglary charge could be key in court, as it suggests the suspect and victims had no prior relationship that would have justified Kohberger being in the house that night.
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Police have not revealed a possible motive for the killings. Any connection between the suspect and the victims is unknown at this time.
A split photo showing the crime scene and victims, including University of Idaho students Ethan Chapin, 20; Xana Kernodle, 20; Madison Mogen, 21; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21.
(Angela Palermo/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images/Instagram/ @kayleegoncalves)
The Moscow Police Department continues to urge the public to submit any images or information that they believe might be important or useful to their investigation. They can do it by calling 208-883-7180sending tips through tipline@ci.moscow.id.us and digital media delivery here.
Chris Eberhart, Rebecca Rosenberg, Stephanie Pagones and Audrey Conklin of Fox News contributed to this report.
