Goncalves Family Hits Kohberger Where It HURTS
Hidden Killers With Tony Brueski | True Crime News & Commentary
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3 • 791 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In this emotionally charged episode, we break down the blistering impact statements delivered by the Goncalves family at the sentencing of Bryan Kohberger — and why their words hit harder than anything the legal system could impose. From Steve Goncalves’ barely-contained fury to the raw power of Alivea Goncalves’s direct confrontation, we unpack how this family reclaimed their narrative and dismantled Kohberger’s psychological armor, piece by piece.
We explore the emotional, legal, and symbolic weight of speaking directly to the man accused of killing Kaylee and three others — in a courtroom where he sat still, silent, and exposed. With expert insight and commentary, we analyze not only what the Goncalves family said, but how they said it, and what it revealed about the emotional dynamics of the case, the strategic use of language, and the uncomfortable question that still lingers: did any of it get through to him?
This is more than courtroom drama. This is grief turned into precision. This is rage with purpose. And this is what justice sounds like when the victims’ families finally get the mic.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Bruske and continuing coverage of the case against Brian Koberger. |
| 0:08.5 | And continuing it is indeed and hopefully coming to an end shortly. |
| 0:14.2 | Today was a sad and singing of Brian Koberger. |
| 0:16.7 | We're going to be breaking down what we saw in those victim impact statements. |
| 0:21.0 | What was heard, what was seen, what was not heard and what was not seen. |
| 0:26.3 | Another element to this joining me, Bob Mata, defense attorney, host of the podcast Defense Diaries, Bob. |
| 0:32.3 | Welcome. |
| 0:33.2 | We both watched it on our respective channels. |
| 0:36.3 | And yeah, just right off the bat. |
| 0:38.3 | What was the most standout moment to you of the sentencing today of Brian Koberger? |
| 0:46.2 | You couldn't have, like, thrown me a bigger, fatter softball. |
| 0:49.7 | It was clearly Olivia Gonzalez made. |
| 0:53.4 | Her thing blew me away. |
| 0:56.4 | And it was like you're coming out of kind of the, just the devastating victim impact |
| 1:03.4 | statements from, you know, Dylan and Bethany by proxy. |
| 1:09.0 | She had a friend read hers. |
| 1:10.5 | And then, you you know you had Ben |
| 1:13.1 | mogan you know and those are all kind of like the heartfelt one and then Steve got up there |
| 1:19.8 | and he really restrained himself a lot more than I thought he would you know I was wondering |
| 1:26.3 | he was going to pick the podium up at some point. |
| 1:28.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:29.5 | Yeah. |
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