Bryan Kohberger sentenced to 4 life terms in prison without parole for Idaho murders [View all]

Source: CBS News

Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to four life sentences without the possibility of parole on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022.

Families of the victims delivered emotional statements at the sentencing hearing, held in a courtroom in Boise. When given the opportunity to speak, Kohberger declined to do so.

Kohberger pleaded guilty earlier this month to the murders of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves as part of a plea deal that spared him from the death penalty. He was in the courtroom Wednesday wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and listened as the families of the victims confronted him with powerful statements.

The hearing lasted about three hours, with more than a dozen family impact statements read aloud.

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By Kerry Breen
Updated on: July 23, 2025 / 2:33 PM EDT / CBS News

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