The 30-year-old faced the death penalty for the gruesome murders of four students, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen in their home in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022. The plea deal spares him his life - but the abrupt ending leaves relatives of the victims with conflicted feelings and many questions unanswered.

Bryan Kohberger was sentenced Wednesday to four consecutive life sentences and 10 years for the 2022 quadruple homicides of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogan, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. He is not eligible for parole or appeal.

The former criminal-justice doctoral student convicted in the 2022 stabbing deaths of four Idaho college students was formally sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison, but declined to make a statement in court that might have addressed the mystery of his motive for the killings.

Ethan Chapin was one of four students at the University of Idaho who were murdered at an off-campus home in November 2022. His girlfriend, Xana Kernodle, was also killed that night – along with friends Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves.

With defendant Bryan Kohberger agreeing to spend life behind bars, Jim and Stacy Chapin are moving out of the shadow of the 2022 quadruple murder.

Ethan Chapin was one of four victims found stabbed to death in an off-campus home near the University of Idaho in 2022.

Grieving loved ones of Ethan Chapin, one of the four University of Idaho students murdered late last year, are making sure the memory of his “one of a kind” smile can keep on growing.

The 30-year-old pleaded guilty to killing four University of Idaho students in their home in 2022, but has not said why he did it.