MOSCOW, Idaho – MOSCOW, Idaho – The father of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the four University of Idaho students murdered last November, accused an investigative journalist of spreading falsehoods in a series of TV appearances.
In a digital publication series, “The Eyes of a Killer,” Howard Blum reports on the Moscow Murders. He claims that Steve Goncalves was conducting his own investigation into the murders in conjunction with the official investigation conducted by law enforcement, Shannon Gray, the attorney for the Goncalves family, said. He went on to say that Blum accuses Goncalves of taking liberties with the case, potentially jeopardizing Byran Kohberger’s case. In a statement from the Goncalves family lawyer, Steve Goncalves denounced much of what Blum states in his publications, saying Blum is profiting from his dead daughter and his family’s grief. “I just want to make it very clear to the public that we have not spoken to Mr. Blum about the death of our daughter. . . This is nothing more than grandstanding and a very, very poor attempt at getting attention. This piece is obviously fictional but written in poor taste. The Goncalves Family would ask that everyone please respect the victims of this tragedy and continue to support trustworthy journalism,” Goncalves said in a statement to NonStop Local. Blum has contacted the Goncalves family for an interview, which they say they have declined multiple times. The next hearing for quadruple murder suspect Bryan Kohberger is set for Oct. 26, where the court will discuss Kohberger’s motion to dismiss his murder indictment based on a biased grand jury.
