Tuesday 29 November 2022 04:15 PM University of Idaho murders: Father of Kaylee Goncalves reveals she did not ... trends now
The father of a University of Idaho student who was murdered in her sleep earlier this month has revealed his daughter did not suffer in her final moments.
Speaking on Good Morning America Tuesday, Steve Goncalves told how he only learned of his daughter, Kaylee's, untimely death from family members on campus, and choked up as he shared how she came home from school in an urn.
'It was fast and nobody suffered and nobody felt like that kind of pain,' Steve revealed on Tuesday.
He said he only found out about his daughter's untimely demise from family members on campus before police confirmed her death, and tried to call Madison — Kaylee's best friend for years — only to find that she wasn't responding either.
'I haven't earned the ability to grieve the way that I want to grieve,' Steve said. 'I want to be able to just have justice first.'
He has previously spoken out about his 'frustration' with the lack of any new information in the investigation, which has entered its third consecutive week with no suspects.
Still, police maintained in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com that it was a 'targeted' attack.
Steve Goncalves, the father of slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves, revealed on Tuesday that his daughter did not suffer in her final moments
He also shared in an interview with Good Morning America how he only learned of his daughter's untimely death from family members on campus
Goncalves had previously admitted he has been 'frustrated' by the lack of information into his daughter's murder as the investigation enters its third consecutive week without a suspect. He is pictured here with Kaylee
Kaylee, 21, her best friend Madison Mogen, also 21, and young couple Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, both 20, were all found stabbed to death in their off-campus rental house in Moscow, Idaho on the morning of November 13 after a friend called 911 about an 'unconscious person' in the home.
The call apparently came after Kaylee and Madison's friends were not able to reach them after incessantly calling and texting their numbers.
The two girls were found still in their beds on the top floor of the house, with cops maintaining they were still asleep when the unknown assailant stabbed them with a knife.
Steve's interview Tuesday marked the second time the grieving dad has spoken out about his frustration with the slow investigation into his daughter's death.
He had revealed to FOX News' Lawrence Jones over the weekend how he has not heard anything from law enforcement since Wednesday at 5pm — the same night local authorities gave a disastrous press conference in which they admitted they have no suspects in her and her friends' murders and have not yet recovered a murder weapon.
'They're kind of just telling me that they can't tell me much, which is frustrating to me because I've been very trustworthy,' Steve said of the investigators, revealing: 'I do know things, I haven't shared things.'
He said he does not want to talk badly about law enforcement because they are 'hardworking individuals,' claiming he would be 'doomed' without them.
But, Goncalves admitted, he is disappointed by the lack of information as authorities say they are withholding details in an effort to catch the killer.
Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were all brutally murdered in their home in Moscow, Idaho, in the early hours of Sunday November 13
Goncalves and Mogen were found on the top floor in their beds. College lovers Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle were found in a second floor bedroom while survivors Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke were sleeping on the first floor
They say that they are not releasing a profile of the suspect because it could lead to more fear and suspicion in the college town, which is already on edge following the gruesome murders, with some students refusing to return to classes.
'It will potentially put more fear, more suspicion on a wide variety of people versus if we use that to really refine where we're at in our investigation,' Idaho State Police communications director Aaron Snell told Jones. 'I think that will be more pertinent.'
'And so if we just provide information to the public, I just don't think that that's going to be a wise choice.'
In the meantime, Goncalves said: 'We're holding our tongue, we're waiting patiently, but we're definitely concerned.'
He asked anyone with information about his daughter's whereabouts the night of November 12 and into November 13 to come forward and speak to law enforcement officials, saying they may provide the missing key to helping unravel the mystery.
All four of the students were said to have been murdered in their sleep on November 13
Kaylee had spent much of the night before her death at the Corner Club — a Moscow dive bar popular with students — with Madison.
At approximately 1.30am, the pair were caught on camera purchasing a portion of carbonara pasta from Grub Wandering Kitchen – a food truck that offers late night eats on weekends.
Parked up close to the Moscow branch of insurers State Farm and outdoor store Hyperspud Sports, Madison and Kaylee were last glimpsed walking away towards what police have called 'a private party driver' for their final ride home.
The route, seen in exclusive DailyMail.com video, takes less than five minutes to complete and cuts through the University of Idaho campus and passes the Sigma Chi house on the right where Xana and Ethan spent their last night before taking a left up King Road towards their home.
