Kaylee Goncalves’s Parents On Treating Killers 'Like The Animals That They Are'

Kaylee Goncalves’s Parents On Treating Killers 'Like The Animals That They Are'

Author: The Crime Desk June 3, 2026 Duration: 36:28

We share in this episode an in-depth conversation with the parents of Kaylee Concalves at CrimeCon 2026 in Las Vegas where they promoted the “Murder Has a Name” foundation started in their daughter’s honor to help other families find answers with the help of advanced DNA technology.   


Steve and Kristi Goncalves also discussed their family’s raw anger at killer Bryan Kohberger’s sentencing and the risk they decided to take to speak their minds unfiltered. 

‘These guys need to be treated like the animals that they are,’ Steve Goncalves told the Mail. ‘If you're gonna behave like an animal, treat them like an animal.’ 


The couple also discusses threats they've faced from supporters of Kohberger and the twisted logic his fans have used to challenge investigative facts, even though his criminal case resulted in Kohberger’s guilty plea last year. 


Kohberger was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without parole for the 2022 slayings. Kaylee’s parents say he should have received nothing less than capital punishment.  


Join us for Daily Mail US Crime Correspondent Rachel Sharp’s full interview with the Goncalves parents.  


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