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THE older sister of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the four University of Idaho victims, unloaded on killer Bryan Kohberger in her impact statement, demanding he “sit up straight” when she was speaking.
Staring directly at her sister’s killer, Alivea Goncalves delivered a powerful statement, stripping down Kohberger to a “wannabe, basic loser.”
“My sister Kaylee and her best friend Maddie were not yours to take. In a world that rejected you, they would have shown mercy,” Alivea said moments after her father, Steve Goncalves, delivered his impact statements.
Alivea stood tall and unloaded on Kohberger, ripping him to shreds for now “begging the courtroom for scraps.”
“You act like no one can ever understand your mind, but the truth is you’re basic,” she said.
“You’re a textbook case of insecurity disguised as control. Your patterns are predictable. Your motives are shallow. You are not profound. Don’t ever get it twisted.
“No one is scared of you today. No one is intimidated by you. No one is impressed by you. No one thinks that you are important.
“You orchestrated this like you thought you were God. Now look at you, begging a courtroom for scraps. You spent months preparing and still all it took was my sister and a sheath.”
‘SIT UP STRAIGHT’
As Kohberger sat slightly slouched, motionless without any reaction to her words, Alivea demanded that her sister’s killer “sit up straight when she’s talking.”
“Some of these might be familiar, so sit up straight when I talk to you,” Alivea snapped at Kohberger before she pressed him with a series of questions.
“How was your life before you murdered my sisters? Did you prepare for the crime before leaving your apartment? Please detail what you were feeling and thinking at this time.
“Why did you choose my sisters? Before making your move, did you approach my sisters? Detail what you were thinking and feeling. Before leaving their home was there anything else you did?
“How does it feel to know the only thing you failed more miserably at than being a murderer was trying to be a rapper.”
Alivea continued, “You worked so hard to seem dangerous, but real control doesn’t have to prove itself.”
“The truth is, the scariest part about you is painfully average you turned out to be.
“The truth is, you’re as dumb as they come. Stupid, clumsy, slow, sloppy, weak, dirty. Let me be very clear, don’t ever try to convince yourself you mattered just because someone finally said your name out loud.
“I see through you. You want the truth? Here’s the one you’ll hate the most, if you hadn’t attacked them in their sleep, in the middle of the night like a pedophile, Kaylee would’ve kicked your f**king ass,” Alivea concluded as an applause broke out from some in the courtroom.
Alivea described to NewsNation that she saw Kohberger clenching his jaw while she spoke to him and that it seemed like he was “forgetting to blink.”
TEARFUL STATEMENTS
The statements ranged from furious takedowns directed at the killer to tearful stories of the traumatic aftermath of the murders as Kohberger sat, barely blinking, in an orange jumpsuit, chained by his wrists and waist.
Steve Goncalves slammed his daughter’s killer as “careless and foolish.”
“Masters degree? You’re a joke, complete joke,” the father said as he stared directly at Kohberger.
“In time, you will be nothing but two initials, forgotten to the wind. No visitors, nothing more than initials on an otherwise unmarked tombstone.”
Kohberger refused to address the court, telling the judge, “I respectfully decline.”