Though Bryan Kohberger's fate has already been decided, legal wrangling over the case will continue and new details may emerge as he begins to spend life in prison for the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students.
Idaho investigators have already released a trove of documents in the wake of the emotional sentencing hearing, but hundreds more remain sealed, according to court documents. Judge Steven Hippler has pledged to review those documents and determine if they can be made public.
Hippler has also lifted a long-standing gag order, which means prosecutors, police and others connected to the case can continue to speak out and provide new information about the investigation. But investigators say the public may never get answers to some of the questions still swirling about the murders of Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, which sparked a nationwide manhunt and devastated the college town of Moscow, Idaho.
"As we sit here today, this case is ending, and we are now certain who committed these unspeakable acts of evil," Hippler said before handing Kohberger four consecutive life sentences plus 10 years for burglary. "But we don't know, and what we may never know is why."
