13 things about Concord, California native Kaylee Goncalves

Kaylee Jade Goncalves attended the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho, United States. The university offers various options for on-campus housing including five residence halls for students and apartments for those who need special accommodations

BIOGRAPHY

Goncalves joined the Alpha Phi sorority of the University of Idaho. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is the third among Steven Goncalves Jr. and Kristi Lukens Goncalves‘s five children.
2. She is Steven Anthony Goncalves, Cheryl Brookins Kissel Goncalves, Robert Harland “Bob” Lukens and Linda Darline Alexander Lukens‘ granddaughter.
3. She is Alivea Stevenson and Steven Goncalves III‘s younger sister and Autumn Goncalves and Aubrie Goncalves‘s older sister.
4. She is Chris Buttz and Tami Vale Buttz‘s niece and Sabrina Whitcomb and Bryce Buttz‘s cousin.
5. She was born in Concord, California, USA.
6. She was a resident of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
7. She attended Borah Elementary School, the Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy and Lake City High School, which are all in Coeur d’Alene.
8. She and her best friend Maddie Mogen had been inseparable since the sixth grade.
9. After graduating from Lake City High School, she and Mogen entered the University of Idaho.
10. While attending the University of Idaho, she and Mogen lived in a rented off-campus three-story home in Moscow with their fellow Xana Kernodle, Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen, who also attended the university.
11. In 2001, she, her siblings and their parents moved to Idaho.
12. In 2017, she visited Jamaica and she started dating Jack DuCoeur.
13. In 2022, she died at age 21.

TIMELINE

Kaylee was 1 year younger than DuCoeur. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Idaho.

2010s

• In August 2014, she visited Spokane Valley, Washington, USA.
• In June 2015, she visited Santa Cruz, California.
• On November 7, 2015, she and Mogen watched Mac Miller‘s concert at Knitting Factory in Spokane, Washington.
• Her grandfather Bob turned 68 on September 30, 2016 and died in Coeur d’Alene on December 31, 2016.
• In November 2017, she and Mogen traveled to Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
• On June 8, 2019, she and Mogen graduated from Lake City High School.
• In August 2019, she entered the University of Idaho to study to become an elementary school teacher.

2020s

• Her grandfather Steven turned 71 on April 10, 2022 and died in Stevenson, Washington on June 9, 2022.
• On June 8, 2022, she turned 21.
• In October 2022, she broke up with DuCoeur.
• On November 12, 2022, she and Mogen tried to call DuCoeur 10 times but he did not answer.
• At 1:30 a.m. on November 13, 2022, she and Mogen left The Corner Club and went to The Grub Truck in Moscow to get food. At 1:56 a.m., they arrived at their rented home in Moscow. Between 4:00 a.m. and 4:25 a.m., she, Mogen, Kernodle and Kernodle’s boyfriend Ethan Chapin were fatally stabbed inside the home by Bryan Kohberger. She and Mogen were found together in the bed in her room on the third floor of the house.
• On December 30, 2022, Kohberger was arrested. He pleaded guilty to four counts of murder on July 2, 2025 and was sentenced to life in prison without parole on July 23, 2025.