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The man as soon as thought-about an individual of curiosity in the murder of his ex-girlfriend and three other University of Idaho students is crushed he “misplaced the love of his life” — and devastated that some think about him a suspect within the slaughter, a member of the family advised The Post.
Speaking publicly for the primary time, Brooke Miller stated her nephew, Jack DuCoeur, is at the moment “surrounded by household and buddies” as he grieves Kaylee Goncalves‘ homicide.
“He’s not solely misplaced the love of his life, and what all of us thought and he most likely thought as properly, can be his future spouse — you already know, get married and have children and all of that,” but in addition, “half of America” thinks he might “be accountable” for the heinous killings, stated Miller.
DuCoeur, 22, and Goncalves, 21, had been relationship for 5 years when she broke issues off with him simply three weeks earlier than she was murdered.
“Obviously he was unhappy, however they have been nonetheless buddies,” stated the aunt, who would solely say that Goncalves “was planning on transferring away,” and their break up was “amiable.”
DuCoeur, who’s a mechanical engineering main on the university, was initially thought-about an individual of curiosity within the Nov. 13 murders of Goncalves, her two roommates, Madison Mogen, 21, and Xana Kernoodle, 20, and Kernoodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20, authorities stated.
In the hours before their deaths, Goncalves and Mogen tried to name DuCoeur a complete of 10 occasions, however he didn’t reply.
Police in Moscow, Idaho, later stated they’d “appeared into” and “cleared” the cellphone calls, and on Nov. 23, declared DuCoeur was now not thought-about a suspect.
“Detectives don’t consider the male Kaylee and Madison tried to contact quite a few occasions on November thirteenth is concerned on this crime,” Moscow police wrote on Facebook.
But many Internet sleuths have pointed the finger at DuCoeur because the killer anyway.
In a YouTube video posted by the account Reporter Room on Thursday, host Jessica de la Davies identified DuCoeur’s “pink flags” regarding the case — noting that he and Goncalves had just lately damaged up, and that the canine they purchased as a pair didn’t alert to an intruder and was not harmed.
After mentioning Goncalves’ plan to relocate, Davies stated, “everyone knows probably the most harmful time for a girl is when she is making an attempt to depart.”
“They’re simply probably the most ridiculous conspiracies,” Miller stated in response to the net claims vilifying DuCoeur.
Goncalves’ mom, father and sister have publicly said their help for DuCoeur since her loss of life.
“We all know, past a shadow of a doubt, that there’s no method that Jack would ever do something like that to anyone,” his aunt stated.
DuCoeur now owns the fluffy golden pooch, Murphy, whom he and Goncalves had purchased as a pair. The canine, who lived with Goncalves, was discovered unscathed on the crime scene by police, and initially turned over to Animal Services.
DuCoeur, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is struggling on the considered returning to the University of Idaho,
“it’s laborious for him to consider going again to Moscow as a result of his life there was very concerned with Kaylee’s,” Miller stated.
Miller began a GiveSendGo on Dec. 6, with the purpose of elevating $20,000 in order that “Kaylee’s household will have the ability to rent a personal investigator, get professional authorized recommendation, etcetera,” she stated. So far, $17,212 has been collected in donations.
Six weeks after the grotesque slayings, the Moscow Police Department nonetheless doesn’t have a suspect within the case.
“The very final thing that this household desires to occur is for it to turn into a chilly case,” Miller stated.
The Goncalves household declined The Post’s request for remark.
