The sister of one of the victims killed by Bryan Kohberger drew courtroom applause as she emphatically berated him at his Wednesday sentencing hearing.
“The truth is you are as dumb as they come, stupid, clumsy, slow, sloppy, weak, dirty, let me be very clear. Don’t ever try to convince yourself you mattered just because someone finally said your name out loud,” Alivea Goncalves, the older sister of the late Kaylee Gonclaves, said to him during the hearing as he sat stoically in an orange jumpsuit.
Her remarks came after Kohberger received four consecutive life sentences for killing four University of Idaho students and a 10-year sentence for a burglary charge on Wednesday after accepting a controversial plea deal that allowed him to dodge the death penalty.
Kaylee Gonclaves, who was 21 at the time, was one of the four victims that Kohberger confessed to killing. Kohberger also killed Ethan Chapin, 20, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Madison Mogen, 21. Alivea Goncalves also referred to Madison Mogen, who was Kaylee Gonclaves’ best friend, as her sister throughout her remarks.
Kaylee Gonclaves, Kernodle and Mogen were students rooming in an off-campus house when they were killed on Nov. 13, 2022. Chapin was dating Kernodle, but did not live in the house despite being killed there.
