She had definitely been stabbed multiple times and they kind of described it as a drowning that can occur," Steve Goncalves said on the 'Today' show

The Goncalveses were prepared for a monthslong trial for their daughter’s murder, and her father said they wanted to see Kohberger face “accountability of the highest that there is.” Now, Kaylee’s father said the family is grappling with the change and trying to move on.

Steve Goncalves, whose daughter, Kaylee, was among four University of Idaho students fatally stabbed in November 2022, says the coroner told him she had “damage” around her mouth — suggesting killer Bryan Kohberger pressed on her mouth as he murdered her,

After Bryan Kohberger entered a guilty plea over the 2022 killings of four University of Idaho students, including Kaylee Goncalves, her parents reacted to his decision.

Hours earlier, Kohberger, 30, had pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing University of Idaho students Goncalves and her best friend, Maddie Mogen, both 21, and Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, both 20, at their off-campus rental house in Nov. 2022.

Steve Goncalves is the father of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the four University of Idaho students who were stabbed to death on Nov. 13 at a house near campus in Moscow, Idaho.

Steve Goncalves is one of many family members of the four victims who have spoken out about the news that Bryan Kohberger will evade the death penalty in the apparent deal.

Bryan Kohberger, now 30, targeted Kaylee Goncalves, 21, when he broke into an Idaho home and murdered four college students in 2022, her mother said in a Facebook post on Thursday, July 3.

The father of Kaylee Goncalves, one of four University of Idaho students murdered in 2022, blasted her killer’s plea deal as a failure of the state’s justice system.

Steve Goncalves talks at a vigil on Nov. 30, 2022, about his daughter, Kaylee Goncalves, right, who was one of four University of Idaho students murdered on Nov. 13. (Ted Warren via AP/ Instagram)