Idaho murders: Kaylee Goncalves' dad Steve reveals CHILLING reason the family chose not to hold funeral
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MOSCOW, IDAHO: The small town of Moscow was left frightened after four University of Idaho students were murdered earlier this month, shocking the entire country. However, it is impossible to describe what it did to the victims' families. Steve Goncalves, the father of one of the four victims, Kaylee Goncalves, revealed why his family will not hold a funeral for his daughter.
On November 13, Kaylee was murdered at a group home in Idaho. The 21-year-old was killed alongside her closest friend Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Kernodle's boyfriend Ethan Chapin, 20. Steve claims that the family has not yet been able to have the courage to hold a memorial service for their daughter. "My wife’s biggest fear, part of the reason we didn’t have a funeral, is because she couldn’t be guaranteed that that monster was going to not be there," Goncalves told ABC News.
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Goncalves stated that he continues to support and have confidence in the law enforcement officials handling the case, despite the fact that there have been no results and the murderer is still at large. "I have to assume and hope that this is all part of their plan and they've got this all figured out. I know that there's some really good, hard-working guys and girls that are on this case that I've met. And they looked me in the eyes and they told me straight-out that they're working and they're doing everything in their power."
"You can't imagine sending your girl to college and they come back ... in an urn," Goncalves said. "You're numb ... you can't absorb that amount of pain and agony." Investigators think the four victims were slain between 3 and 4 in the morning but the two surviving housemates, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, didn't call for help until later in the day. Mortensen and Funke are not considered suspects, according to the police.
Goncalves says that his daughter and the other victims died quickly in the attack, suffering from "large punctures" from a "brutal weapon." "Nobody suffered and nobody felt like that kind of pain. The detective said this weapon is probably something (the killer) paid money for and something that they’re proud of," he said.
Even though the case hasn't had much progress, Goncalves said he could not stomach the thought that his daughter was murdered while the killer was "having a great life out there." "I have to have my justice. These families deserve that," he said.