Idaho Murder Victim’s Family Blast Bryan Kohberger’s Bid To Rescind Guilty Plea: ‘a Mosquito You Can’t Seem To Swat’

The family of 1 of Bryan Kohberger’s victims has blasted a bid from nan convicted slayer to rescind his blameworthy plea and spell to trial.

“The mosquito you conscionable can’t look to swat. That is what Kohberger and his pursuing person go to this family,” relatives of Kaylee Goncalves said successful a statement connected Facebook Monday day pursuing Kohberger’s declare that he had been “misled” into pleading guilty.

Goncalves was conscionable 21 years aged erstwhile she and 3 of her assemblage friends were stabbed to death successful their off-campus location successful Moscow, Idaho, successful November 2022.

“He ne'er cried wolf aliases claimed he was uninformed, pressured, aliases that location were issues pinch nan find that he and his counsel had for 2 years that he thought should person been challenged,” nan Goncalves family said of Kohberger. “He admitted to guilt and asked whether he really was blameworthy he said ‘yes.’”

Officials had built a lawsuit against Kohberger utilizing DNA evidence from a weapon sheath recovered astatine nan bloody segment and surveillance footage of a car that matched Kohberger’s in nan area astatine nan clip of nan murders, on pinch different evidence.

Facing nan decease punishment if convicted of nan quadruple homicide, Kohberger, now 31, confessed to nan execution of Goncalves, her roommates Madison Mogen, 21, and Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kernodle’s fellow Ethan Chapin, 20, successful July 2025 conscionable weeks earlier he was expected to guidelines trial.

The Goncalves’ connection came aft Kohberger, a erstwhile PhD student of criminology astatine Washington State University, claimed “justice was not served.”

“Unanswered questions look to multiply pinch each portion of find unsealed, and nan nationalist demands nan truth,” Kohberger said successful a connection to The New York Times published Monday.

“My existent innocence is my truth, and nan plea, hinged connected by mendacious promises and blatant disinformation, MUST beryllium withdrawn,” he said.

Kohberger revenge a “petition for station condemnation relief” successful nan Ada County District Court successful Idaho Monday, NBC News reported.

The Goncalves family said should Kohberger win successful getting different time successful court, it would beryllium a “nice break from his solitary confinement” for nan killer.

“The existent rumor is that if arsenic overmuch power was put into honoring nan victims successful this lawsuit arsenic trying to group a blameworthy man free location would beryllium statutes of nan victims connected each area pinch parks and days honoring their eventual sacrifice ‘their lives’ astatine nan hands of narcissist,” nan family wrote. “Regardless of really this turns out, our family is 100% ready. An existent proceedings this time? Let's go!”

The Goncalves said if location is simply a trial, they are “confident he will get nan decease punishment that he escaped by pleading blameworthy nan first clip around.”

While Kohberger did waive his correct to an entreaty aliases chance of parole successful his plea deal, since his petition to unfastened nan lawsuit is not an appeal, it does not break nan position of nan agreement.

He is presently serving 4 consecutive life sentences for nan murders arsenic good arsenic an further ten-year condemnation for burglary aft he collapsed into nan victims’ assemblage location pinch nan intent to kill.

The Goncalves family antecedently accused prosecutors of having “failed” them with Khoberger’s plea deal, saying they were “beyond furious astatine nan State of Idaho” successful a June 2025 Facebook post.

They had hoped a proceedings would uncover nan killer’s motive, which is still unknown.