{"id":188021,"date":"2025-08-20T15:25:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/bryan-kohberger-said-victims-name-before-brutal-murder-survivor-reveals\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:25:29","slug":"bryan-kohberger-said-victims-name-before-brutal-murder-survivor-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/bryan-kohberger-said-victims-name-before-brutal-murder-survivor-reveals\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Kohberger Said Victim&#8217;s Name Before Brutal Murder, Survivor Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/bryan-kohberger-sentence-to-life-in-prison-trump-administration-says-idaho-murderer-should-be-forced-to-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bryan Kohberger pled guilty<\/a> to the 2022 murders of four Idaho college students.<\/p>\n<p>While the families could rest easy in the knowledge that the killer would spend the rest of his life behind bars, the plea deal meant that there would be no trial \u2014 which meant that many lingering questions would remain unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>But now that Kohberger has been sentenced, new information is emerging about that tragic night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225798881-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Bryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse for his sentencing hearing on July 23, 2025 in Boise, Idaho.\" class=\"wp-image-532918 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225798881-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225798881-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225798881-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225798881-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225798881-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225798881-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225798881-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225798881-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse for his sentencing hearing on July 23, 2025 in Boise, Idaho.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Kyle Green-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-new-evidence-suggests-kohberger-targeted-kaylee-goncalves\">New evidence suggests Kohberger targeted Kaylee Goncalves<\/h2>\n<p>The family of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/bryan-kohberger-disfigured-kaylee-goncalves-stabbed-xana-kernodle-50-times-police-report-reveals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kaylee Goncalves<\/a> has long claimed that she was stalked and specifically targeted by Kohberger, and her murder was not as random as investigators made it seem.<\/p>\n<p>Newly released transcripts of an Idaho State Police interview with the sole survivor of the attacks indicate that Kaylee\u2019s loved ones may have been correct.<\/p>\n<p>According to documents obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/17\/bryan-kohberger-said-kaylee-goncalves-name-during-murders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, the witness heard Kohberger say, \u201cIt\u2019s okay, Kaylee. I\u2019m here for you\u201d during the murders.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"In this handout provided by Monroe County Correctional Facility, 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger is seen in a booking photo after he was arrested on December 30, 2022 in Pennsylvania. \" class=\"wp-image-532919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-728x410.jpg 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-1080x607.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"In this handout provided by Monroe County Correctional Facility, 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger is seen in a booking photo after he was arrested on December 30, 2022 in Pennsylvania. \" class=\"wp-image-532919 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-728x410.jpg 728w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-1080x607.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1245964474-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this handout provided by Monroe County Correctional Facility, 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger is seen in a booking photo after he was arrested on December 30, 2022 in Pennsylvania. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Monroe County Correctional Facility via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moments later, she saw a masked man standing in her kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>TMZ also reports that Kohberger appears to have left face and hand prints while peering through a window of the house, another possible indication that he stalked his victims in advance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing more disturbing than the murder of your child is hearing that the killer called out her name while committing this heinous act \u2014 and then discovering the prosecutor deliberately hid this fact from the families,\u201d Kaylee\u2019s father, Steve Goncalves, told the site.<\/p>\n<p>The grieving father went on to slam the court system in Latah County as corrupt, and he asked how anyone can justify \u201cprotecting such savagery in the name of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Bryan Kohberger, accused of murder, arrives for a hearing on cameras in the courtroom in Latah County District Court on September 13, 2023 in Moscow, Idaho. \" class=\"wp-image-532932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-864x1080.jpg 864w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-960x1200.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Bryan Kohberger, accused of murder, arrives for a hearing on cameras in the courtroom in Latah County District Court on September 13, 2023 in Moscow, Idaho. \" class=\"wp-image-532932 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-1639x2048.jpg 1639w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-864x1080.jpg 864w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-960x1200.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1663793253-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bryan Kohberger, accused of murder, arrives for a hearing on cameras in the courtroom in Latah County District Court on September 13, 2023 in Moscow, Idaho. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Ted S. Warren-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKaylee knew she was being hunted \u2014 yet no one in that town lifted a finger to stop it,\u201d Goncalves said.<\/p>\n<p>The latest news about Kohberger\u2019s behavior comes on the heels of the revelation that a professor at Washington State University \u2014 where the killer was a PhD student \u2014 warned her colleagues about his troubling behavior.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is smart enough that in four years we will have to give him a PhD,\u201d the professor remarked, according to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/20\/us-news\/professor-warned-bryan-kohberger-would-stalk-sexually-abuse-students-just-weeks-before-idaho-murders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Post<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMark my word, I work with predators, if we give him a PhD, that\u2019s the guy that in those many years when he is a professor, we will hear is harassing, stalking, and sexually abusing \u2026 his students at whatever university,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>Kohberger is currently serving four life sentences and will never be eligible for parole.<\/p>\n<p>The victims\u2019 families complaints about the handling of the investigation may lead to legal action sometime in near the future.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/08\/bryan-kohberger-said-victims-name-before-brutal-murder-survivor-reveals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Last month, Bryan Kohberger pled guilty to the 2022 murders of four Idaho college students. 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