SEE YOU SOON.
>> HAPPY NEW YEAR, JUDGE.
>> JOINING US NOW ON THIS
BITTERSWEET DAY, THE FATHER OF
KAYLEE, STEVE GONCALVES,
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME TO
BE WITH US TODAY.
YOUR FIRST REACTION TO THE NEWS
OF THE SUSPECT THAT HAS BEEN
ARRESTED.
>> TO ME AND MY FAMILY, IT FEELS
LIKE THE FIRST JOY I’VE HAD IN
SEVEN DAYS.
YOU CAN’T EVEN SMILE WHEN YOU
HAVE THIS OVER YOUR HEAD.
IT FEELS LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF
WEIGHT HAS BEEN RELIEVED AND
THINGS ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK
AND MOVING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> WAS THERE ANYTHING IN THE
PRESS CONFERENCE THE POLICE JUST
GAVE THIS AFTERNOON THAT WAS NOT
SAID TO YOU AS A PARENT IN THE
SITUATION?
DID THEY LEAVE SOMETHING OUT
THAT YOU WISH THE PUBLIC KNEW
ABOUT?
>> YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE STRUGGLE
OF COMMUNICATION AND EVERYTHING
HAS GOTTEN BETTER EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY.
I WANT TO COMMEND THOSE POLICE
OFFICERS AND EVERYTHING THEY
HAVE DONE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN
VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH ALL
THE MEDIA, ESPECIALLY ME BEING
SO VOCAL.
I THINK IT’S GOTTEN BETTER.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
THEY’VE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS
FOR OUR FAMILY.
WE HAVE NOTICED THOSE THINGS.
>> Lawrence: STEVE, I HAVE
TOLD MY COLLEAGUES THERE IS A
DIFFERENT TONE FROM YOU TODAY AS
WE GOT THE NEWS THAT THEY DID,
INDEED, CATCH THE SUSPECT.
WE WERE TALKING EARLIER TODAY
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STUCK
OUT TO YOU WAS, THIS GUY WAS NOT
FROM MOSCOW.
HE WAS AN OUTSIDER.
>> YES.
THE COMMUNITY IS REAL IN IDAHO.
AND IDAHO, I WANT IT TO BE A
PART OF THAT TO WHERE WE SAY,
"HEY, THIS IS NOT OUR NEW
NORMAL.
WE WILL NOT ALLOW THIS MESSAGING
TO BE OUR NEW NORMAL.
WE WILL PUT OUR FOOT DOWN AND
PLAN EVERY RESOURCE WE CAN.
WE HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.
IF WE HAVE TO PULL ENFORCEMENTS
BECAUSE WE ARE CLOSE TO
LOCATION, JURISDICTIONS ARE
THERE, WE ARE STILL GOING TO
COME TOGETHER AND UNIFY FOR THIS
THIS.
"AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT
HAPPENED.
THERE WAS SOME HORSES THAT
PULLED US APART.
BUT IN THE END, WE ALL CAME
TOGETHER.
AND A CELEBRATION OF LIFE TODAY.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE HOPE THAT WE
HAVE SOMEBODY IN CUSTODY THAT IS
A PERSON OF INTEREST.
OF COURSE, HE’S NOT FOUND GUILTY
BUT A LOT BETTER OFF THAN WE
WERE 48 HOURS AGO.
>> Lawrence: STEVE, WHY IS IT
IMPORTANT TODAY TO HAVE THE
MEMORIAL SERVICE NOT ONLY FOR
KAYLEE BUT FOR MEDICINE?
BEING THE DAY THAT IT IS, WHY
DID YOU GUYS DECIDE THAT YOU
WOULD PUSH THROUGH AND HAVE THIS
CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR YOUR
DAUGHTERS?
>> IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
HAVE THIS PERSON OF INTEREST IN
CUSTODY SO THEY WEREN’T POSSIBLY
IN THAT AUDIENCE BECAUSE WE MADE
IT OPEN AND WE KNEW WE MADE
OURSELVES VULNERABLE LIKE THAT.
WE DIDN’T WANT SOMEBODY TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND FEEDING
OFF OF THAT.
WE DEFINITELY DON’T WANT TO SEE
SOMEBODY LOSE A PREDATOR TO OUR
ENVIRONMENT.
SO, IT IS NICE THAT WE HAVE
DISCLOSURE.
THERE IS A LOT OF PRAYERS GOING
ACROSS AMERICA.
>> Kennedy: STEVE, IT IS
KENNEDY.
EVERYONE HERE AT FOX, WE PRAY
FOR YOU, AND WE HOPE THAT GOD
CONTINUES TO SUSTAIN ALL OF YOUR
FAMILIES THROUGH THIS
UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE DONE SO
MUCH WORK.
AND YOU HAVE BEEN SO VOCAL.
AND YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH
INVESTIGATION.
I’M JUST WONDERING, HAD YOU
HEARD THE NAME BRYAN KOHBERGER
BEFORE TODAY?
>> NO, WE HAVE NOT APPEAR THAT
IS COMPLETELY HONEST.
EVERYTHING WAS KEPT UNDER WRAPS.
THE INVESTIGATION DID WHATEVER
THEY COULD TO KEEP THIS AWAY
FROM THE PUBLIC, TO KEEP THE
JURY UNTAINTED AND DO EVERYTHING
BY THE BOOK.
I BELIEVE THEY’VE DONE AN
AMAZING JOB OF THAT.
>> STEVE COMMIT IS PADILLA AND
AS A PARENT I CAN IMAGINE WHAT
YOU ARE GOING THROUGH.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE FOUND
HEARTENING IS HOW A TIGHT
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PULLED
TIGHTER BY THE LOVE THEY HAVE
FOR YOUR DAUGHTER.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE SENSE OF I
DON’T KNOW MAY BE RELIEF?
IS THERE SOME TYPE OF EMOTIONAL
LIABILITY TODAY GIVEN THE
CAPTIONER OF THIS GUY?
>> YEAH, IT FELT LIKE WE WERE
ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
AND I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING UNCOMFORTABLE.
THEY TOOK PHOTOS AND TOOK TIME
BUT IN THE END I HOPE WHEN THE
STORY IS CLOSED WE ACTUALLY DO
FIND OUT THAT SOME OF THE LEADS
FROM THE MINUTE THEY WERE
CRITICAL.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A
COMMUNITY-BASED JUSTICE THAT WAS
EXERCISED IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
>> Lawrence: STEVE FROM A
BROTHER YOU BEEN SO STRONG.
I’M SO GLAD THEY CAUGHT THIS GUY
BEFORE THE NEW YEAR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STEPPING
AWAY FROM THE MEMORIAL SERVICE