{"id":56623,"date":"2025-11-30T22:43:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/56623\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T22:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:43:17","slug":"bryan-kohberger-victims-kin-slam-lifetime-movie-on-idaho-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/56623\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Kohberger victim’s kin slam Lifetime movie on Idaho murders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some actors in a new Lifetime movie on Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger filmed themselves <\/a>prancing around on social media while in costume and covered in fake blood \u2014 enraging and disgusting his victims\u2019 families.<\/p>\n

The upcoming flick, part of Lifetime\u2019s \u201cRipped From the Headlines\u201d series, covers the gruesome November 2022 killings of students Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen in Moscow, Idaho.<\/p>\n

The parents of Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves have condemned an upcoming movie on the killings. Instagram\/@kayleegoncalves<\/p>\n

In recent days, social-media posts have shown the cast members dancing around while in costume, covered in fake blood, triggering fury.<\/p>\n

One post, made by actress Haylie Hansen, who plays Goncalves, was subsequently deleted after the backlash but was later reshared by other TikTok accounts.<\/p>\n

Now Goncalves\u2019 parents, Steve and Kristi<\/a>, have condemned the actors and the filmmakers for trying to profit from the sickening crimes.<\/p>\n

Haylie Hansen, who plays Goncalves, allegedly shared a video of herself covered in fake blood in character. Tiktok\/crimesandtheories<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, the case is over. Yes, there is a story behind the case. Yes, Lifetime and its parent company are just trying to make a buck. Yes, the actors and actresses have shown poor taste,\u201d the parents\u00a0told the US Sun<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, we are hurt. Yes, we are disappointed. Yes, we miss Kaylee and Maddie every day! Yes, it has been less than six months since the case resolved. And yes, our emotions are still very raw,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

They slammed the \u201cblood-soaked actors dancing on social media\u201d and called for the movie\u2019s media manager to be fired.<\/p>\n

Mass murderer Brian Kohberger was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences in July. Monroe County Correctional Facil\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The grieving parents accused the filmmakers of never reaching out to them on the production and said it was \u201ctoo soon\u201d to make a dramatization of the killings.<\/p>\n

Kohberger was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences<\/a> without parole plus 10 years for burglary in July but avoided the death penalty, also to the dismay of some of his victims\u2019 relatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, we wanted the death penalty. Yes, you never reached out to us to see how making a movie might affect us or any family members. Yes, this movie is too soon,\u201d Goncalves\u2019 parents continued in their statement.<\/p>\n

Goncalves\u2019 parents Steve and Kristi appear in court for Kohberger\u2019s sentencing. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd finally \u2014 yes, we hope this type of tragedy never happens to you or anyone you love, and we hope you don\u2019t have to suffer when a company chooses to make money over common decency and makes a movie about your loved ones,\u201d their statement concluded.<\/p>\n

Representatives for Hansen, director Steven Adelson and the Lifetime network did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n

The movie is produced by the same team that made \u201cThe Murdaugh Murders,\u201d recreating the 2021 killings of Maggie Murdaugh and her son, Paul, by family patriarch, Alex.<\/p>\n

Production is due to start in the coming days, with actor Miles Merry playing Kohberger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some actors in a new Lifetime movie on Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger filmed themselves prancing around on social…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30675,27524,30676,238,9,11,10,30677,58],"class_list":["post-56623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-bryan-kohberger","tag-idaho","tag-lifetime","tag-murders","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-university-of-idaho-murders","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}