Overview

• On July 23 in Boise, Judge Steven Hippler imposed four consecutive life sentences and a 10-year burglary term on Kohberger under his July 2 plea agreement that removed the death penalty
• Families of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, along with surviving roommates, delivered in-court impact statements for the first time
• Kohberger offered no motive at his sentencing and is under no obligation to explain the November 2022 slayings of the four University of Idaho students
• Prosecutors tied Kohberger to the murders using DNA from a knife sheath, cellphone location pings near 1122 King Road and surveillance footage of his white Hyundai Elantra
• The plea deal waived Kohberger’s right to appeal and followed the lifting of a gag order that had restricted public disclosures once his guilty plea made a trial unnecessary