Family of Idaho student homicide victim seeks donations to attend Bryan Kohberger trial

Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman

MOSCOW (Idaho Statesman) — The North Idaho parents to 1 of nan 4 University of Idaho students who were fatally stabbed is seeking nationalist donations to salary for their recreation to Boise for nan execution proceedings of their daughter’s alleged killer.

A GoFundMe page has been established connected behalf of nan family of 21-year-old unfortunate Kaylee Goncalves. It includes a fundraising extremity of $50,000 aft a venue alteration was approved retired of Moscow to Ada County for suspect Bryan Kohberger.

“I would for illustration everyone to cognize that if we did not request this help, we would NEVER inquire for it,” Kaylee Goncalves’ mother, Kristi Goncalves, wrote successful a post from a dedicated family page connected Facebook. “Going 7 hours distant for proceedings is going to beryllium very costly for america — beautiful overmuch not moreover imaginable if we can’t get immoderate help. If you can’t help, we wholly understand. If you tin stock it for us, we would beryllium much than grateful.”

The Goncalveses unrecorded successful nan metropolis of Rathdrum successful Kootenai County, astir 100 miles northbound of Moscow. The family’s location is located much than 400 miles northbound of nan Ada County Courthouse successful Boise.

Before nan venue alteration was granted, they had been vocal astir their preference for Kohberger’s proceedings to stay successful Latah County — aliases spell to nan neighboring region wherever they reside if a judge decided it needed to beryllium moved. The Goncalveses person said they scheme to show up for astir each tribunal proceeding for Kohberger and were accordant attendees during nan pretrial shape astatine nan Latah County Courthouse.

“While we still judge a adjacent proceedings could person been imaginable successful Latah, we are assured nan beingness location of a proceedings will make nary quality successful nan end,” nan Goncalveses said successful a anterior connection done nan family’s lawyer to nan Idaho Statesman. “We cognize Ada County is much than tin and much knowledgeable to thief america execute justice.”

The different 3 victims successful nan November 2022 onslaught astatine an off-campus location successful Moscow were U of I students Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.

Kohberger, 29, is charged pinch 4 counts of first-degree execution and 1 count of felony burglary. If a assemblage returns a conviction, prosecutors intend to activity nan decease punishment for Kohberger. His attorneys purpose to region a decease condemnation arsenic a imaginable reward for their client.

Kohberger was transferred from Moscow to nan Ada County Jail earlier this month. He is scheduled to make his first tribunal quality successful Boise pinch recently assigned Judge Steven Hippler connected Thursday afternoon.

Since nan Goncalves family fundraiser posted Sunday, it has already reached astir a 5th of its goal. It presently stands astatine almost $10,000.