How Kaylee Gonclaves' Brother Found Love After Sister's Murder
Steven Goncalves is leaning on someone special.
Nearly one month after Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison for the 2022 murder of Kaylee Goncalves and her three friends, her brother shared that he and Olivia Vitale—the reporter he met during the investigation—are now engaged.
"I interviewed Steven's family," Olivia detailed to NewsNation's Banfield Aug. 18. "This was when Bryan was still not arrested yet."
The independent journalist noted that Steve Goncalves—Steven and Kaylee's dad—and his wife Kristi Goncalves learned about her TikTok, which has amassed over 1.3 million followers, through their daughter and reached out to her through email.
"Several days before she had passed, she had sent my page to Kristi and was talking about it," Olivia explained. "So they wanted to reach out and do a documentary with me."
However, she didn't meet Steven until a year later while she was filming the demolition of the house on King Road, where Kaylee, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin had been murdered.
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"I had lunch with Steve, and he invited Steven," she said of that trip. "But we didn't start dating until almost even a year after that. We were friends first, and then I invited him to—I was filming a documentary with NBC—and I wanted Steven to be a part of it, and it was on set where we bonded."
It was this January, while filming the project, that the documentarian and Steven got to know each other.
"We were skipping rocks," she recalled. "That was really when we first really met, and we just became best friends after that. And it's history."
For Steven, his relationship has been the silver lining of their family's tragic few years.
"There is a bright spot," he told host Brian Entin. "I did meet Olivia. I do have my partner for the rest of my life and I'll hold on to that."
As for what their future looks like? While Olivia is still interested in sharing compelling stories to help other families, she and Steven have been interested in putting down roots.
"Eventually, we would like to homestead, get some chickens, raise a family together," she explained. "I probably won't have as much time to be on the road and I'll be more working for home. But we'll do some stories together and help other families, 'cause that's what it really boils down—helping other people and giving them a voice."
As the Goncalves family continues to move forward since Kaylee's tragic death, keep reading for a closer look at Bryan Kohberger's legal saga.
Who Were Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle?Were There Any Survivors?Who Is Bryan Kohberger and How Was He Found?What Was Kohberger's Initial Defense?Where Was the Trial Set?What Was the Verdict in the Trial?Did Kohberger Take a Selfie After the Murders?What Did Kohberger Google Before the Murders?Did Kohberger Confess to Killing Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle?How Long Is Kohberger's Prison Sentence?
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