It’s a task no family ever wants to face. 

More than two years after University of Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves was brutally slain, her loved ones are finally facing the unimaginable – going through the belongings she left behind. 

“Note: this is not all of it, this is JUST the beginning,” a relative wrote in a Jan. 27 post on the Goncalves family’s Facebook page alongside photos of cardboard boxes and plastic containers stacked inside their Idaho home, each labeled with a simple, devastating “K.”

“There are boxes and boxes and boxes. I’m just starting here,” the family member added. 

The post explained that Kaylee’s things had been moved out of her childhood bedroom because it was “just too much” to go through them there. 

“I’m finally going through Kaylee’s things,” reads the post. 

“I am looking for several items, such as her orange Sublime T-shirt, her grey sublime crew neck, Black death row records shirt [sic], and the outfit she was wearing out that night.

“Wish me luck. There’s no turning back now,” the tear-jerking post reads. 

Goncalves, 21, was one of four students stabbed to death inside an off-campus Moscow home Nov. 13, 2022 – a tragedy that stunned the nation. 

Since then, her life had remained boxed up, untouched and frozen in time – until now. 

In a follow-up post, her family shared side-by-side photos of a white crewneck sweatshirt freshly pulled from a box bearing the phrase “Think while it’s still legal,” next to an undated image of Goncalves smiling ear-to-ear while wearing it. 

“It doesn’t smell like her, it smells like the box it came out of, but it was definitely hers,” read the caption, accompanied by broken-heart and crying emojis.

Other painful discoveries followed. 

On Friday, the family unearthed Goncalves’ mouth retainer and bright red hairbrush – with strands of her long blonde hair still tangled in its bristles. 

They also found pink sticky notes bearing everyday to-do lists she never got to finish. 

“Curl hair, find stuff on amazon, take murph for a walk, cut nails,” read one note, referring to Goncalves’ beloved pet golden doodle, Murphy.

On the note, which was scribbled with small hearts, Goncalves had also written down the words “manage” and “flexible,” along with questions seemingly meant for a future employer – plans for a life suddenly cut short. 

Another heart-clad note simply read, “Hello my name is Kaylee.”

“These items of Kaylee’s, hit me hard today,” the family member wrote. “I just want her back so bad!!!!” 

The family member also expressed rage toward her killer, Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty in July to murdering Goncalves and her pals Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 21, and Ethan Chapin, 20. 

“FU BK!!!!! I wish Steve could have 1 minute in that cell with him. 1 min, that’s all it would take,” the caption says, referring to Goncalves’ father, Steve Goncalves. 

The moving posts all feature the hashtags “goncalvesarmyoflove,” “kayleejade4ever” and “neverforget.” 

The family’s heartbreaking work came just days after horrific autopsy reports revealed that Goncalves was knifed roughly 38 times when Kohberger, 31, targeted the King Road home. 

Kohberger’s motive for the murders could remain a mystery forever, as he is now serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. 

The Goncalves family did not respond to Post requests for comment.

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) — Health officials are reporting five probable measles cases in Canyon County, all within a single unvaccinated household, as they work to prevent the virus from spreading in local schools and the wider community.

Lakshmi Venugopal, an epidemiologist with Southwest District Health, said the cases are being treated as measles based on the patients’ symptoms and their recent travel history, even though lab confirmation is pending.

“We have had five probable cases of measles here in Canyon County,” she said. “Given their clinical history and history of exposure to measles during travel, it’s considered to be measles.”

The family’s exposure occurred during out-of-state travel over the winter break. Because measles can take up to 21 days after exposure to cause symptoms, the children began showing signs of illness after returning to Idaho.

Two of the children attended school in Caldwell while infectious — one at Vallivue Middle School on Jan. 9 and another at Vallivue High School on Jan. 20. Southwest District Health has been working with school officials to notify parents of potentially exposed students and to monitor for symptoms.

“We are closely monitoring all the children in these two schools,” Venugopal said. “If anybody shows symptoms, we’ll be working with them to make sure they are getting connected with a provider, getting testing if needed, and getting recommendations on how long they should stay home before going back to school.”

Statewide, Idaho has recorded 21 measles cases across six counties, including the Canyon County cluster. Boundary County has reported the highest number of cases since August 2025 with six. Eastern Idaho has reported measles cases this year from Madison County; however, due to the time it takes for symptoms to fully manifest, they have not yet been confirmed.

Ian Troesoyer, a nurse practitioner and epidemiologist for Southeastern Idaho Public Health, said Idaho is at a crossroads.

“Idaho is dead last in the nation for measles vaccination coverage for kindergarteners, which means we’re at one of the highest risks for one of the most vulnerable populations,” Troesoyer said. “Measles is the most contagious illness we know of.”

With Idaho’s low vaccination rate, he warned that eastern Idaho may be more vulnerable to a significant outbreak than other regions.

“We are worried about measles cases in our own state and from adjoining states coming into our district,” he said. “People from southeastern Idaho and eastern Idaho are going down to Salt Lake all the time. What is happening in Utah could easily show up here.”

According to Troesoyer, even a small number of cases could strain the capacity of the state’s pediatric hospitals.

“If your kid is not vaccinated and they get exposed to measles, they are very likely going to get it, and then there’s like a one-in-five chance they could be hospitalized,” he said. “Now that we know there’s measles circulating in Idaho, I would strongly encourage you to consider getting them vaccinated.”