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Confessed killer Bryan Kohberger came face to face with victims' families as a judge formally handed down his sentence for stabbing four Idaho college students to death in late 2022.

Kohberger, 30, appeared in the Fourth District Court at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise on Wednesday morning for his sentencing hearing.

The judge sentenced Kohberger to four consecutive life sentences without parole for the murders of Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, and Ethan Chapin in the rural college town of Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 13, 2022. Kohberger also received a separate 10-year sentence for a burglary charge, which will run concurrently with the life sentences.

At the time of the murders, Kohberger was a graduate student in criminology at nearby Washington State University. He was arrested six weeks later at his parents' house in Pennsylvania.

Kohberger only spoke three words during Wednesday's hearing.

"I respectfully decline," he answered when the judge asked if he would like to make a statement.

He showed no emotion and barely moved as he listened to impact statements from two surviving roommates and the victims' families.

Bethany Funk, one of the two surviving roommates, addressed the court and called it the worst day of her life. Funk said she carries regret and guilt over what happened, saying that morning she woke up with a toothache and called her dad, a dentist, and then went back to sleep. She talked about how she received death threats over surviving the murders.

Dylan Mortensen, the other surviving roommate, also made a statement. Mortensen said the murders "changed everything," sharing that she has created escape plans for wherever she goes and consistently experiences panic attacks.

The family of Madison Mogen also spoke in court, including Scott Laramie, her stepfather.

Laramie told the court that he refuses to address the defendant.

"Evil does not deserve our time and attention," he said. "We are done being victims. We are taking back our lives."

Laramie also said he supports the plea agreement in the case.

Earlier this month, Kohberger agreed to plead guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in exchange for avoiding the death penalty before the trial was held. The families of the victims were split on how they felt about the plea deal.

An attorney speaking on behalf of Madison's mother said she can't forgive Kohberger.

Steve Goncalves, Kaylee's father, addressed Kohberger with his back turned to him, physically moving the speaker's podium so that it was turned away from him.  Goncalves called him "careless" and "stupid" in his actions, citing the evidence that pointed to him, such as his vehicle spotted near the crime scene.

Alivea Goncalves, Kaylee's sister, pointed out that Kohberger has shown no remorse.

"Sociopath, psychopath, murderer," Alivea called him, adding that Kohberger was "terrified of being ordinary."

Xana's family delivered emotional victim impact statements, including her father Randy Davis, who accused Kohberger of being weak and told him to "go to hell."

The quadruple murder of the University of Idaho students captured national attention.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt discussed the case during Wednesday's press briefing.

"If it were up to the president, he would have forced this monster to publicly explain why he chose to take these innocent souls."

President Donald Trump previously weighed in on the case.

"Bryan Kohberger, who was responsible, in Idaho, for the deaths of four wonderful young souls, has made a plea bargain deal in order to avoid the Death Penalty," Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114892485746950799">wrote</a> on Truth Social.

"These were vicious murders, with so many questions left unanswered. While Life Imprisonment is tough, it’s certainly better than receiving the Death Penalty but, before Sentencing, I hope the Judge makes Kohberger, at a minimum, explain why he did these horrible murders. There are no explanations, there is no NOTHING. People were shocked that he was able to plea bargain, but the Judge should make him explain what happened."

At one point in the case, the court granted Kohberger's request to move the trial from Moscow to Boise out of concerns that he wouldn't get a fair jury in the town where the murders occurred. Judge Stephen Hippler, however, dismissed his lawyer's efforts to take the death penalty off the table and to strike critical evidence, such as DNA, from the trial. One of the key pieces of evidence against Kohberger was his DNA found on the knife sheath left at the scene.

Many details of the murders remain unknown to this day. It remains unclear why he targeted the four roommates. It's also unknown why two other roommates, who were in the house at the time of the murders, were spared.

Kohberger was transferred to the Idaho Maximum Security Institution to begin serving time.

<em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.</em>

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