MOSCOW, Idaho — The family of Kaylee Goncalves, one of the victims of the 2022 University of Idaho murders, shared a statement reacting to a newly released 911 call made after the killings.
According to the post, the Goncalves family expressed gratitude toward the caller, stating that they “owe him a debt” for how he handled the situation.
The family also urged the community not to place blame on those who could not have prevented the murders.
In the recording, a man can be heard on the phone with a 911 operator, instructing others in the house to leave Xana Kernodle’s room upon discovering the crime scene.
The Goncalves family’s full statement reads:
“As we continue to process the 911 call, we just wanted to share some of our thoughts…
We stand together with all the victims of Idaho—both those we have lost and those who remain, forever marked by a tragedy that no passage of time will ever erase.
The 911 call? It is not the neatly rehearsed dialogue of a well-crafted story, not the polished performance you might expect from a Hollywood script.
No. It is raw. It is jagged. A searing, unvarnished truth that no camera could ever hope to capture. Every breath. Every cry. Every tremor in the voice reveals a reality so cruel, so brutally honest, it cuts deeper than anything fiction could devise.
After hearing that call, one thing is clear—Hunter, with his quiet, stoic resolve, protected those girls from a nightmare that no one should ever be forced to witness. He stepped into the abyss, shielding them from horrors that will haunt him forever.
For that, the Goncalves family owes him a debt that words cannot repay.
If you were expecting a neat, cinematic conclusion—something palatable, something that offers closure—let me make this clear:
The real world does not operate on such terms. The terror of that night cannot be cleanly packaged, wrapped in a bow, or distilled into a simple, digestible narrative. It is ugly. It is painful. It is the kind of horror that shakes you to your deepest core. These were not adults. They were children, still clinging to the fragile threads of innocence when the world was violently torn from them in an instant.
In closing, let us face the uncomfortable truth: Had the 911 call been made the moment the accused left that house, it would not have saved anyone. Nothing would have changed.
So, we ask, respectfully—please, do not waste your energy pointing fingers at those who could not have prevented it.
The anger, the grief, the pain—they must all be focused on one thing. One person. The one who stole the innocence of Moscow that night. We demand justice, and that cause is all that matters now.”
The 9-1-1 conversation can be found here:
Dispatch: “911, location of your emergency.”
Woman 1: “Hi, something is happening. Something happened in our house. We don’t know what. We have…”
Dispatch: “What is the address of the emergency?”
Woman 1: “1122 – no don’t…”
Dispatch: “What is the rest of the address?”
Woman 1: “Oh, Kings Road.”
Dispatch: “Okay. And is that a house or an apartment?”
Woman 1: “It’s a house.”
Dispatch: “Can you repeat the address to make sure that I have it right?”
Woman 2: “I’ll talk to you guys. We’re, um, we live at the right, so we’re next to them.”
Dispatch: “I need someone to repeat the address for verification.”
Woman 2: “The – the address? 1122 King Road.”
Dispatch: “And what’s the phone number that you’re calling from?”
Woman 2: “What’s your phone number?”
Woman 1: [redacted]
Woman 2: [redacted]
Woman 1: [redacted]
Woman 2: “[redacted], what’s the rest?”
Woman 1: [redacted]
Woman 2: [redacted]
Dispatch: “Okay. And tell me exactly what’s going on.”
Woman 2: “Um, one of our – one of the roommates who’s passed out and she was drunk last night and she’s not waking up.”
Woman 1: “No, we saw…”
Dispatch: “Okay.”
Woman 2: “Oh, and they saw some man in their house last night. Yeah.”
Woman 1: “Hi…”
Dispatch: “And are you with the patient? Okay. I need someone to keep the phone, stop passing it around.”
Woman 1: “Can I just tell you what happened, pretty much?”
Dispatch: “What is going on currently? Is someone passed out right now?”
Woman 1: “I don’t really know, but pretty much at 4:00 a.m….”
Dispatch: “Okay. I need to know what’s going on right now, if someone is passed out. Can you find that out?”
Woman 1: “Yeah, I’ll come – come on. Let’s – we gotta go check. But we have to. Is she passed out? She’s passed out. What’s wrong?”
Dispatch: “Dispatching Moscow Law ambulance for…”
Woman 1: “She’s not waking up.”
Dispatch: “…unconsciousness, 1122 King Road.”
Man 1: “Seven zero is en route…”
Dispatch: “Okay, one moment. I’m getting help started that way.”
Woman 1: “Okay maybe…”
Dispatch: “(Unintelligible) 1122 King Road. All ambulance respond for unconsciousness. 1122 King Road…”
Man 1: “I copy.”
Dispatch: “(Unintelligible) 58. Multiple RPs on the phone advised saying the roommate on scene is passed out and not waking up. Believe she got drunk last night and (unintelligible) about a male being in the room with them.”
Man 1: “(Unintelligible) being around.”
Dispatch: “That one I copy about 20-year-old female unconscious trying to get further.”
Man 1: “Copy.”
Man 2: “Yeah. Yeah, it’s (Evan).”
Woman 1: “Okay.”
Dispatch: “Okay. And how old is she?”
Woman 1: “Um, she’s 20.”
Dispatch: “20 you said?”
Woman 1: “Yes, 20, here do you wanna talk to ’em?”
Dispatch: “Okay.”
Woman 2: “Hello? Hello?”
Dispatch: “Okay. I need someone to stop passing the phone around because I’ve talked to four different people.”
Woman 2: “Okay. Sorry. They just gave me the phone.”
Dispatch: “Is she breathing?”
Woman 2: “Hello?”
Dispatch: “Is she breathing?”
Woman 2: “No.”
Dispatch: “Okay.”
Man 1: “(Unintelligible) en route.”
Woman 2: “(Bethany) or (Dylan) I need you to – to talking to them, okay? I can’t talk to them. I need you to talk to them.”
Woman 1: “Okay. Hello?”
Dispatch: “Okay. I have already sent the ambulance and law enforcement, stay on the line.”
Woman 1: “Okay.”
Dispatch: “If there is a defibrillator available, send someone to get it now and tell me when you have it. Unit’s responding RPs advising…”
Woman 1: (Unintelligible)
Dispatch: “…the patient is not conscious, not breathing.”
Woman 1: (Unintelligible)
Dispatch: “Okay. If there is a defibrillator available, send someone to get it now and tell me when you have it.”
Woman 1: “We don’t have one.”
Man 1: “Unconscious, not breathing.”
Woman 1: “Do you have a defibrillator?”
Man 3: “Yep.”
Woman 1: “Yes, we have one.”
Dispatch: “But are you talking to the officer?”
Woman: “Yes.”
Dispatch: “Okay. I’m gonna let you go since he’s there with you and can help you.”
Woman 1: “Okay. Thank you. Bye.”
Dispatch: “Okay.”
Man 4: “Moscow 46 out.”
Dispatch: “Copy.”
Man 4: “13. I think we have a homicide.”
Man 5: “Moscow engine 20 is en route.”
Man 4: “13 70.”
Man 2: “70 (unintelligible). 107 I relayed it.”
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