Overview

• Alivea Goncalves told Good Morning America she feared legal backlash for delivering a direct impact statement to Bryan Kohberger at his July 23 sentencing
• She revealed that she researched Kohberger online and memorized her remarks to maintain eye contact and land pointed insults
• Alivea said her words were meant to reclaim power for her sister Kaylee and friend Maddie by challenging Kohberger’s reaction in court
• Moscow police confirm investigators still cannot explain Kaylee’s unique horizontal-pattern injuries or rule out a second weapon
• The Goncalves family reports receiving hateful messages from apparent Kohberger supporters in the days following the sentencing