Bryan Kohberger declined to share his reason behind the horrific killings of the Idaho Four at his Wednesday, July 23, sentencing hearing – but former FBI agent Jennifer Coffindaffer has a theory. Kohberger,

The facility is about 20 minutes outside Boise, where Kohberger appeared in court Wednesday to be sentenced to four consecutive life sentences plus 10 years for the fatal stabbings of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.

The father of Kaylee Goncalves criticized statements made by Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson just hours after the lifting of a gag order.

Bryan Kohberger will spend the rest of his life behind bars after pleading guilty to the brutal murders of Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Kaylee Goncalves, 21. In the wake of his sentencing hearing,

The documents illustrate the frenzied efforts by law enforcement to follow every possible lead to find and convict Kohberger.

Alivea Goncalves, the older sister of the late Kaylee Gonclaves, spoke to him during the hearing, as he sat stoically in an orange jumpsuit.

Cara Northington, mother of victim Xana Kernodle wipes a tear at the sentencing hearing of Bryan Kohberger at the Ada County Courthouse, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Boise, Idaho, for brutally stabbing four University of Idaho students to death nearly three years ago.

In the days after murdering four University of Idaho students in an off-campus home, Bryan Kohberger’s behavior shifted dramatically and investigators would later find that he had fixated on news coverage of the killings and began paying for items in cash – often wearing gloves – as he avoided the area of the murders.