Choose Steven Hippler known as Bryan Kohberger a “coward” who “slithered via the sliding glass door at 1122 King Street” and “now stands unmasked.”
This “unfathomable and mindless act of evil has induced immeasurable ache and loss,” Hippler mentioned. “No father or mother ought to ever need to bury their baby. That is the best tragedy that may be inflicted upon an individual.”
“We at the moment are sure who dedicated these unspeakable acts of evil, however what we don’t know, and what we could by no means know, is why,” he mentioned.
Hipper mentioned he desires to know the motive, however that “by persevering with to deal with why, we proceed to provide Mr. Kohberger relevance,” and the “highlight, consideration and energy he seems to crave.”
Bryan Kohberger, 30, seems for his sentencing listening to after he was convicted within the 2022 stabbing deaths of 4 Idaho faculty college students, on the Ada County Courthouse, in Boise, Idaho, July 23, 2025.
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Hipper mentioned he can not legally power Kohberger to talk, and mentioned even when he did converse, there’s no strategy to know if he would inform the reality.
“Even in pleading responsible, he is giving nothing hinting of regret or redemption,” Hippler mentioned, and mentioned he is not going to converse of him additional past sentencing him.
Hippler sentenced Kohberger to 4 consecutive life sentences and 10 years for housebreaking.
Kohberger appeared to attempt to converse to his mother earlier than he was escorted from the courtroom.
