Today at 5 PM CST, I will be responding directly to Kristi Goncalves’s recent comments about true-crime creators. I will play her original message in full so everyone can hear exactly what was said—not someone else’s interpretation, a carefully selected clip or a secondhand retelling. Then I will give my complete response. Kristi referred to true-crime creators as “armchair detectives” and suggested that many of us would not have money without sitting online discussing her daughter and her friends. That accusation is unfair, insulting and blatantly false. I had a platform before the Idaho Four case. I covered true crime before November 2022, and I will continue covering it long after this case stops dominating public attention. Kaylee, Maddie, Xana and Ethan did not create my career. The Goncalves family has willingly participated in media coverage and helped keep this case in the public eye. You cannot welcome coverage when it supports your position and then accuse everyone who asks uncomfortable questions of exploiting your daughter. I will also address the difference between challenging a creator’s work and personally attacking her weight, appearance and intelligence. Disagreeing with my reporting is fair. Mocking my body and sharing hateful content about me is not correcting misinformation or protecting anyone’s memory. It is bullying. I have never claimed to be law enforcement, the FBI, a judge or a jury. I research publicly available information, read the documents, examine the evidence and discuss what I find with my audience. Asking questions is not spreading a conspiracy. Pointing out inconsistencies is not supporting a murderer. If something I report is wrong, bring the evidence and correct it. I have no problem correcting information when the facts require it. But I will not be personally attacked, publicly insulted and bullied into silence for refusing to blindly repeat someone else’s narrative. Join me LIVE today at 5 PM CST. You will hear her message, my full response and the facts behind exactly why I am speaking out. #KristiGoncalves #IdahoFour #TrueCrimeCreators #TrueCrimeWithNatashaCooper #IdahoMurders - @truecrimewithnatashac