Multiple individuals impacted by the actions of Bryan Kohberger spoke out through victim impact statements during his sentencing hearing.

Bryan Kohberger, the man who killed four Idaho college students in 2022, said three words as he declined to give a statement at a sentencing hearing.

The sister of University of Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves said everything in her body told her to “run” as she came face-to-face with Bryan Kohberger during his sentencing – but instead delivered a powerful, blistering takedown of her sibling’s killer.

The family of Madison Mogen delivered emotional impact statements during Bryan Kohberger's sentencing hearing at the Ada County Courthouse on Wednesday.

Bryan Kohberger is set to be sentenced on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to killing four University of Idaho students earlier this month.

So we don't know if there was something there he got rid of." Moscow police said they don't know which victim was the specific target and have not found any link between Kohberger and the victims. But Thompson said he believes that either Kaylee or Maddie was the target.

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.

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.