Overview
- Judge Steven Hippler on July 23 sentenced Bryan Kohberger to four consecutive life terms without parole plus a 10-year burglary sentence and $70,000 in fines
- At sentencing, Judge Hippler lifted the case’s gag order, allowing public disclosure of more than 300 police and autopsy reports
- Investigators’ records describe an “intense struggle” inside the King Road home, noting over 50 stab wounds on Xana Kernodle and facial disfigurement on Kaylee Goncalves
- Surviving roommates Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke recounted hearing cries, spotting a masked figure and fleeing before uncovering the victims
- Authorities confirm DNA on a knife sheath, surveillance footage and cell-tower data linked Kohberger to the scene but investigators say his motive remains unknown