Kaylee Goncalves’ Family Slam Convicted Murderer Bryan Kohberger Amid Attempt to Renege Guilty Plea

Convicted murderer Bryan Kohberger is hoping to renege his guilty plea in the murders of four University of Idaho students, which one victim’s family is outraged by.

Kohberger claimed in a statement to The New York Times on Monday, July 27, that his guilty plea was made with “disinformation.”

“My actual innocence is my truth, and the plea, hinged on by false promises and blatant disinformation, MUST be withdrawn,” he told the outlet. “Over a year later, it is self-evident that, in State v. Kohberger, justice was not served.”

The family of Kaylee Goncalves — who, along with friends Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, was murdered inside their home in Moscow, Idaho — called Kohberger “the mosquito you just can’t seem to swat.”

“He never cried foul, never claimed he was uninformed or pressured, and never suggested there were problems with the discovery materials he and his counsel had reviewed for two years that should have been challenged,” the family told TMZ. “He admitted his guilt.”

Kohberger accepted a plea deal that saw the death penalty taken off the table in July 2025. In exchange, he was handed four consecutive life sentences, plus 10 years for burglary.

“We would have preferred a death-penalty trial; we believe fully in the evidence. Instead, BK received exactly what he asked for: a deal that spared his life,” the Goncalves family continued. “Know this — he hates that life. He wants another chance to roll the dice.”