Parents of Idaho university murder victim vow ex-boyfriend’s innocence

Steve and Kristi Goncalves joined Lawrence Jones on “Lawrence Jones Cross Country” Saturday evening to discuss why they believe officials are “wasting their time” investigating Jack, Kaylee’s ex-boyfriend, after she and her roommates had been killed in the small town of Moscow.

“They’re wasting their time with Jack,” Kristi informed Jones. “And Jack is just as distraught as we are. Jack is our family. Jack is 1,000%. 2,000% our family, and Jack is with us, and we stand behind him 100%.”

“We are supporting him, and we all know in our hearts and our minds and our souls and the depths of our soul, Jack is hurting,” she continued. “Kaylee and Jack would have eventually been married. They would have eventually been married, and they would have eventually had children.”

Kristi explained Kaylee and Jack had been dating for years, and mentioned the pair had been on track to get back together after spending a while apart.

Kaylee and her roommate reportedly called Jack seven times shortly before 3 AM. Investigators have stated the students had been seemingly stabbed to death while sleeping on early Sunday morning between 3 and 4 AM in a Moscow, Idaho, residence on the college campus, according to police.

Two additional roommates of the King Road residence had been at the home when the assaults occurred, however they are not considered suspects in the incident.

Kaylee’s mother and father have been adamant of Jack’s innocence in the case, and stated the correspondence was nothing unusual.

“We love Jack, absolutely love Jack,” Kristi mentioned. “We stand behind Jack 1,000%.”

Kaylee and her roommates, Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21, had been brutally stabbed to death one week ago, and plenty of questions remain unanswered.

Madison “Maddie,” was like family to the Goncalveses, who stated they thought of her to be another daughter.

“Maddie was in our oldest daughter’s wedding,” Kristi mentioned. “She said, ‘All of my sisters are my bridesmaids,’ and Maddie was one of those bridesmaids. And it was all of Olivia’s sisters, including Maddie.”

“Every time we traveled out of the country or went on vacation, Maddie went with us, so this is both of our girls, and we will never stop looking for who killed them,” she continued.

Officials have confirmed there appear to be no sign of forced entry into the students’ house as they proceed to search for clues.

They haven’t yet named any potential suspects or individuals of interest in reference to the brutal slayings.

Regardless of the tragedy, Kaylee’s father noted the overwhelming support of his local community in wake of their deaths.

“Everyone is hurting, everyone feels the pain of this,” Steve mentioned. “The one shiny thing out of all of this is I’ve never realized how beautiful my community is and how much love there is for people. We just have one bad person, and we have to find that guy.”