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Kaylee Goncalves' sister taunts 'basic' Bryan Kohberger with slew of blistering insults after snapping 'Sit up straight when I talk to you!'

Kaylee Goncalves' sister taunts 'basic' Bryan Kohberger with slew of blistering insults after snapping 'Sit up straight when I talk to you!'

Daily Mail​23-07-2025
The sister of Kaylee Goncalves who was murdered by Bryan Kohberger ripped her sibling's killer apart while delivering a blistering impact statement in court.
Speaking at Kohberger's sentencing in Boise, Idaho, Alivea Goncalves ordered the quadruple murderer to 'sit up straight when I talk to you'.
Watching him intently, Alivea said: 'I wont stand her and give you what you want. I wont give you tears instead. I will call you what you are: sociopath, psychopath, murderer.'
'The truth is you're basic. You're a textbook case as insecurity disguised as control. You spent months preparing and still all it took was my sister and a sheath.
'You're as dumb as they come. Stupid, dumb, weak, dirty', before she then hit him with the very same questions that Kohberger posed in a survey on Reddit as part of his criminology degree at DeSales University.
She went on to blast Kohberger's past and all his failings, including unanswered questions in the Idaho murder case.
Alivea told Kohberger he was a 'delusional, pathetic, hypochondriadic loser' who 'thought you were so much better than everyone else.'
In a damning conclusion, she added: 'If you hadn't attacked them in your sleep like a pedophile, Kaylee would have kicked your f****** ass.'
The courtroom erupted in clapping at the end of Alivea's statement. Koberger remained emotionless throughout.
Her father Steve turned to face his daughter's killer prior to Alivea's statement, and said they all refer to him as BK, a mocking nickname.
He said: 'Today you have no name. Even the media just called you BK. That's all you are.
'A Master's degree? You're a joke, a complete joke. But we took this disaster and we did what we could
He read a statement from his phone where he stared down Kohberger, telling him 'you picked the wrong family and we are laughing at you'.
Goncalves said that Kohberger united everyone 'in our disgust, in our love for these children', while adding the family would forget him after today.
Kohberger didn't show a flicker of emotion as the statement was directed at him.
Kaylee's mother Kristi also spoke to Kohberger, telling him he left a 'trail of devastation far beyond that house'.
She cited her disappointment that he would not be facing a firing squad, but warned that 'your fellow inmates are anxiously awaiting your arrival'
The hearing is the final chance for the 30-year-old PhD candidate to reveal why he walked into a house in Moscow and stabbed them in their beds.
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