Idaho Student Killer Bryan Kohberger Will Spend The Rest Of His Life In Prison

Bryan Kohberger is not walking home a free man after admitting to multiple murders!

Kohberger got his verdict today, Wednesday, 23 July 2025, in front of the victims' families on the confirmed murder of not one, but four University of Idaho students.

Bryan Kohberger's murderous act three years ago in 2022 claimed the lives of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. They were reportedly found gruesomely executed inside an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho.

Kohberger pleaded guilty to the murders to get himself off the list for a possible death penalty. He was then sentenced to four consecutive life sentences for each of the four first-degree murder counts he pleaded guilty to.

Now he gets a life behind bars without a possibility of parole, all while dressed in a bright orange prison uniform. The proceeding did not end without a word or two from family members and friends of the victims who lost their lives tragically.

Mogen's stepfather delivered a heartfelt statement in court on behalf of his wife, describing the late Mogen as a gem who shared her light with everyone.

A heartbroken Steve, who is Goncalves' father, described Kohberger as a "complete joke" who brought multiple families and police departments together for his arrest. Steve stressed that Kohberger has lost his relevance in this world and thanked everyone who worked on the case for ensuring justice was served.

Kernodle's dad, Jeff, recalled getting an intense urge to check on his late daughter as she complained of feeling under the weather, but he decided not to drive while tipsy, so he stayed back. Jeff felt that the situation might have turned out differently if he had shown up at her place right on time to help fight off Kohberger.

Friends of the victims also expressed their heartbreak over losing their loved ones in such a cold-blooded manner. According to TMZ, Kohberger did not address the court, but he tendered a signed statement, admitting that the murder of the four college students was premeditated and malicious.

Kohberger's decision to take a plea deal shocked followers of the case, especially since he had previously expressed enthusiasm about going to trial and proving his innocence.

As shared by The Blast, all along, the murderer had a very tricky plan for the trial, where he would have implied that the murder was committed by four other individuals who were acquaintances of the victims.

The former PhD student was banking on a defense strategy claiming that the individuals had interacted with the victims at some point or another. 

While the four individuals on Kohberger's radar remained anonymous, a court order from the presiding judge, Steven Hippler, claimed the following about three of them as regards their connection to the victims:

"They interacted with one or more of the victims at social events in the hours before the homicide, lived within walking distance of the crime scene, and were familiar with the layout of the victims' home from prior social events."

The fourth individual planned to be implicated by Kohberger reportedly had a mere passing connection with one of the victims, as he was present at a store where the victim shopped a month before their death. However, this fourth person did not engage in any connection with the victim; they were spotted with.

The judge ultimately foiled Kohberger's attempt to cite these four individuals as possible suspects if the case were to go to trial. Hippler claimed that a lack of convincing evidence influenced his judgment in proving that they had any ill intentions towards these victims.

The four individuals had neither the motive to murder nor inflict physical pain on any of the murdered students. Hippler added that the four individuals' proximity to the dead victims did not play any role in their deaths either, as the murderer reportedly drove to the scene of his evil deed.

Even if the four individuals had cars, Hippler noted that they bore zero resemblance to Kohberger's vehicle. Finally, a DNA test conducted on the submitted samples revealed that none of the materials recovered from the scene matched.

Now that Kohberger has received his sentence, The Blast noted that he will be heading to the Idaho Maximum Security Institution to begin his days on the calendar.

Described as one of the toughest prisons in America, it was opened in November 1989 to house Idaho’s most dangerous male offenders. 

The prison is part of a cluster of seven detention facilities known as the South Boise Prison Complex. It is surrounded by razor wire, electronic detection wires, a double perimeter fence, and is subjected to 24-hour armed patrol.

He will be sharing the building with some of America’s most volatile convicts, such as serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech, andChad Daybell, who was convicted of child killing.

Speaking on why Kohberger could have killed his daughter, Goncalves shared that he heard from a reliable source that it was all in a bid to play out his porn fetish in real life.

The murderer had reportedly been obsessed with drunk girls and gagged girls, and his daughter may have been the perfect specimen. After all, the coroner reported to Goncalves that upon inspection, there was "some damage around her mouth."

This means that Kohberger may have attempted to get her to keep quiet. These weird porn fetishes were also discovered on his digital devices, further strengthening Goncalves' story.

Goncalves added that the only reason why Kohberger did not sexually assault his late daughter was that he was caught.

May the families of Bryan Kohberger's victims find comfort.