Alivea Goncalves on Bryan Kohberger: 'My body was telling me to run'

Alivea Goncalves's Impact Statement

• 💡 Alivea Goncalves describes her experience delivering an impact statement to Bryan Kohberger, stating she avoided looking at him directly until her speech.
• 🎯 She felt a primal sense of alarm and that there was "no humanity" in him, comparing the feeling to facing an alien.
• ⚡ Despite not being scared or intimidated, her body was telling her to run, identifying him as a threat.
• 🧠 Goncalves felt rage throughout the experience and maintained eye contact with Kohberger when addressing the judge.

Reclaiming Power for Victims

• 🚀 The primary purpose of her speech was to take back power and give it back to the victims: Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogan, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.
• 📌 She aimed to give her sisters, Kaylee and Maddie, the hero moment they deserved, as Kohberger had controlled the narrative.
• 💬 Goncalves expressed frustration that the victims were often referred to only as "Idaho students" or by the headline of the perpetrator's name, emphasizing they had names that deserved to be spoken.

Kohberger's Reaction and Courtroom Dynamics

• ⚠️ Goncalves felt Kohberger was pissed during her statement, noting his unrelenting stare.
• 🎭 She found his respectful decline to speak funny, seeing it as a continued desperate need for approval, but it was not unexpected or bothersome.
• 🗣️ She believed anything he might have said would have been fake, disingenuous, or a lie.

Document Release and Information

• 🔍 Goncalves and her team submitted directed, pointed questions the night before, aiming to streamline the process.
• 📄 While there wasn't much open discussion, they received around 250 pages of documents, some of which contained information they hadn't known previously.