Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday for murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022. Judge Steven Hippler imposed four consecutive life sentences and a 10-year sentence for the burglary charge, declaring during the hearing that “the time has now come to end Mr. Kohberger’s 15 minutes of fame.” The sentencing followed impact statements from loved ones of the victims earlier in the day.Hippler asked Kohberger if he wanted to address the court, to which Kohberger “respectfully” declined. Earlier this month, Kohberger pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in the 2022 killings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21. The plea allowed him to dodge the death penalty. However, it also means that he will not be allowed to appeal his sentence, which he will serve without the possibility of parole.The fatal stabbings Kohberger admitted to occurred in an off-campus house where Gonclaves, Kernodle and Mogen lived on Nov. 13, 2022. Chapin, who was also murdered that night, had been dating Kernodle, but he did not live in the house. Prosecutors claim Kohberger stabbed the students multiple times with a military-style knife. The stabbings likely occurred while they were sleeping, autopsies showed. Two other roommates who lived in the house survived. Kohberger, who was a Ph.D. student at Washington State University studying criminology at the time of the murders, was arrested Dec. 30, 2022, at his parents’ home in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, following a weekslong manhunt.Authorities nailed him down as a suspect after finding a DNA sample at the crime scene, discovering the vehicle he used to drive to the scene, descriptions about his appearance from the surviving roommates and his phone records.Authorities have not released a motive for the attack. They said surveillance footage and cellphone records show that Kohberger visited the home at least a dozen times before the murders.Hippler on Wednesday argued that focusing on Kohberger’s probable motive only gave him “agency” and “power.”“Even if I could force him to speak, which legally I cannot, how could anyone ever be assured that what he speaks is the truth?” Hippler told the court.“Do we really believe, after all this, he’s capable of speaking the truth or giving up something of himself to help the very people whose lives he destroyed?” he added.The plea deal has received some backlash, including from family members of Kaylee Goncalves.In a Facebook post, the Gonclaves family said they are “beyond furious at the State of Idaho” and that the state “failed” them. Steve Goncalves, the father of Kaylee Goncalves, echoed the sentiment in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show.Prosecutors reportedly attempted to explain the plea deal in a written letter to family members of the victims.“This resolution is our sincere attempt to seek justice for your family,” prosecutors wrote. “This agreement ensures that the defendant will be convicted, will spend the rest of his life in prison, and will not be able to put you and the other families through the uncertainty of decades of post-conviction appeals.”During the July 2 hearing in which Kohberger pleaded guilty, Hippler said the public had called him and his office.“There have been calls by some for the public to contact me and my office in an attempt to influence my decision-making in this case,” Hippler said. “This has been extraordinarily disruptive for court staff and the ability for them to get work done.”