University of Idaho Killer Bryan Kohbergerthe sister of Amandine could have been called as a prosecution witness if his case had gone to trial, according to a report.
Kohberger, 30, accepted deal to plead guilty to murders of four students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Noyaule And Ethan Chapin — just days after prosecutors listed his sister as a potential witness in the trial, TMZ reported Tuesday (Oct. 14), citing recently unsealed court documents.
Amanda was the only member of Kohberger’s immediate family listed in the documents, according to TMZ.
Kohberger, a doctoral student in criminology at Washington State University, pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder on July 2 as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty. On July 23, he was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole as well as an additional 10 years for burglary.
Since his conviction, Kohberger has been held in solitary confinement at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution, the Idaho Department of Corrections confirmed. Us every week in August.
Goncalves, Mogen, Kernodle and Chapin were killed in an off-campus student house in Moscow, Idaho, in the early hours of November 13, 2022. Goncalves, Mogen and Kernodle lived in the house with two other roommates, Dylan Mortensen And Bethany Funkewho survived the attack. (Chapin was sleeping with his girlfriend, Kernodle, the night of the murders.)
Kohberger was arrested in connection with the December 2022 deaths.
At his sentencing hearing, Mortensen delivered an emotional victim impact statement, expressing his grief over the deaths of his roommates and friends.
Less than three years after his arrest on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in the University of Idaho killings, the early life of convicted killer Bryan Kohberger is coming to light. Kohberger was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences plus 10 years without the possibility of parole after breaking into a […]
“What happened that night changed everything,” she said. CBS News. “Because of him, four beautiful, genuine, compassionate people were taken from this world for no reason.”
“What he did broke me in places I didn’t know he could break me. I should have discovered who I was. I should have had a college experience and started establishing my future. Instead, I was forced to learn how to survive the unimaginable,” Mortensen added.
“I can’t breathe, I can’t think, I can’t stop shaking. It’s way beyond anxiety. It’s my body reliving everything over and over again. My nervous system never got the message that it’s over, and it won’t let me forget what he did to them,” she continued.
At the time of the killings, Mortensen told police she “observed a man described as approximately 6 feet tall, of slim build, with a black ski mask, leaving the second floor patio” the night of the tragedy, according to unsealed police records.
Bryan Kohberger will serve life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of four university students. Kohberger, 30, was sentenced to four lives on Wednesday, July 23, after breaking into a home in Moscow, Idaho, on Nov. 22, killing four of six people in the 1122 King Road home they shared. Maddie Mogen, […]
Bill Thompsonthe lead prosecutor in the case against Kohberger, told the Idaho Statesman in July, it is likely that the attacker also saw Mortensen, although he did not attempt to attack him.
“From what Dylan described, I find it hard to imagine that the killer didn’t see Dylan,” Thompson said.
The prosecutor speculated: “At that point, he had probably stayed in the house longer than expected and killed more people than expected. … It would not surprise us if the killer was scared at that point and decided to leave, not knowing if law enforcement had already been called.”
