Kohberger sentencing day

Post sentencing updates.

Kohberger was not a 'serial killer in waiting,' prosecutor says
Investigators uncovered no evidence that Kohberger was a “serial killer in waiting,” Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson told reporters.

“There is no evidence of any criminal history of any significant nature,” he said. “There was no evidence of a history of violence. There was no evidence of a history of a factual predisposition to do the crimes that he committed here.”

He added: “If there are any concerns among your listeners or readers that somehow he was a serial killer in waiting with all of these prior actions, we are not aware of any behaviors like that that preceded what happened here in Idaho.”


Police believe Kohberger would have been caught even without knife sheath
Kohberger left behind a key clue — a Ka-bar knife sheath with DNA found on the button snap — at the crime scene.

The sheath was crucial because the DNA was found to be a statistical match to what was found on a Q-tip collected from garbage left outside Kohberger's parents' home.

But police told reporters that even if Kohberger took the sheath with him, they believe other evidence would have led them to him, including his white Hyundai Elantra seen in surveillance video in the King Road neighborhood.

"So we believe we would have got to it through that avenue," police said. "The time frame for that is uncertain. It could have been a week later. Could have been two months later. We just don't know."


Investigators found no link between Kohberger and the victims
Police investigators said they found no social media link, or any connection, between Kohberger and the four victims.

“We had every resource possible and we worked that tirelessly,” Idaho State Police Lt. Darren Gilbertson told reporters.

He said they examined social media linked to the defendant, the victims and their roommates.

“We have never, to this day, found a single connection between him and any of the four victims or the two surviving roommates,” he said.


Prosecutor explains why he didn't ask Kohberger to provide motive
After Kohberger declined to speak at his sentencing, Thompson told reporters that the law does not require a defendant to speak and that he also didn't think it would have benefited asking him to give a motive as part of a plea deal.

"I don't believe that there's anything that would come out of his mouth that would be the truth," Thompson said. "I don't believe there's anything that would come out of his mouth that would be anything other than self-serving, and I don't believe there's anything that would come out of his mouth that would not further victimize the families, and so that just simply wasn't a factor."

He added that he was emotional during the sentencing, as was the judge.

"There's no easy way to remain stiff-lipped and dry-eyed in this kind of tragedy," Thompson said.

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He should have been tried and sentenced to death

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This, big time.

Haven't followed this much after the plea. Are they charging the dad for anything for conspiring with him to get out of the state and hide?

I don’t believe the dad was charged. He prob didn’t know. But once the sentencing is done they are lifting the gag order so it’s possible a lot more will be learned all around.

I hope they don’t release crime scene photos. Unnecessary at best.

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let's see them

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Families saw what Derrick Todd Lee did to Murray Pace, Pam Kinamore, Gina Green, Gerald DeSoto amd others.

No thanks.

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Was it just to kill popular, pretty girls? If that was the reason, how did he find these girls? He lived/worked on a college campus- why not kill a WSU student?

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Think you could figure that out from seeing the pictures of the crime scene?

He loves the spotlight so much, Instead of saying how horribly he's impacted their lives, they should just berate him and make fun of him and roast the frick out of him.

I would like to read the autopsy reports. Morbid curiosity I guess but it was such a brutal attack. He should have been dead. Waste of money going through all this crap.

100% should be dead. I have that same curiosity. Supposedly Kaylee Goncalves got it the worst. Then you had blood streams visible on the outside of the building from Xana and Ethan. What kind of butchery caused that?

I agree he should be dead. However he is a coward and won’t speak because he doesn’t have to. Today is his last change to have any control for the rest of his life. The families will speak today and I doubt we even see any emotion or reaction from him.