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Bryan Kohberger has finally been sentenced after admitting to murdering 4 University of Idaho college students -- with the victims' families telling him exactly how they feel.

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00:00Well it was not unexpected. The judge in the Brian Koberger murder case with the four Idaho students

00:07sentenced Koberger to four consecutive terms of life without the possibility of parole.

00:15So Brian Koberger will spend the rest of his days in prison. Today was his sentencing hearing

00:22and before he was actually sentenced the victim's families spoke. It was heart-wrenching

00:33and one of the victims, kind of a different victim here, it's actually a survivor, Dylan Mortensen.

00:44She was the person who was in that house when she saw the bushy eyebrows of the murderer who we now know as Brian Koberger

00:56and she confronted him face to face. He did not kill her for whatever reason but it has so traumatized her

01:04she said that she has not been able to sleep since the day of those murders which is now a long time ago.

01:12So this is part of what she said.

01:15I had to sleep in my mom's bed because I was too terrified to close my eyes.

01:20Terrified that if I blinked someone might be there.

01:25I made escape plans everywhere I went. If something happens how do I get out?

01:31What can I use to defend myself? Who can I help?

01:36Then there are the panic attacks.

01:39The kind that slam into me like a tsunami out of nowhere.

01:42I can't breathe.

01:46I can't think.

01:48I can't stop shaking.

01:50I mean it is just...

01:53It's hard to hear but it's so real.

01:56You know they were all standing at the podium facing the judge

01:59and she actually got so worked up that she had to sit down

02:03so that's why you see her sitting in the prosecutor's chair there.

02:05It's really terrible.

02:09Okay.

02:10Zanna's aunt.

02:11Zanna is one of the victims.

02:13Kim also talked to the judge.

02:17I'm here today to tell you I have forgiven you

02:20because I no longer could live with that hate in my heart

02:25and for me to become a better person.

02:28I have forgiven you.

02:30And anytime you want to talk and tell me what happened

02:33get my number.

02:34I'm here.

02:36No judgment.

02:37Because I do have answers

02:38or questions that I want you to answer.

02:41And I'm here.

02:45I'll be that one that'll listen to you.

02:47Okay?

02:48I know.

02:50It's very big of her.

02:52It's...

02:53Man.

02:54Okay.

02:55There were a lot of people who testified.

02:57One of them is somebody who's been outspoken

03:00since the murders.

03:02Steve Gonsalves who is Kaylee's dad.

03:06He did not hold back.

03:07Today, we are here to finish what you started.

03:12Within hours, we had your white car on the camera.

03:15You were that careless, that foolish, that stupid.

03:21Master degree, you're a joke.

03:24One last thing.

03:25You picked the wrong family

03:27and we're laughing at you on your trip to Penn.

03:31I will be today.

03:32Wow.

03:33So Brian Koberger had the choice of speaking to the judge.

03:42It really would have done no good

03:44no matter what he would say.

03:47And forgetting about the heinousness of what he did,

03:52in his plea bargain, he agreed to this sentence

03:56and agreed to forego any appeal.

03:59So no matter what he said,

04:01this was the sentence he was going to get.

04:04So the question was,

04:06would he make a statement,

04:08not so much to try and beg for mercy,

04:11but sometimes they make statements

04:14to almost thumb their nose

04:16or to say something

04:18knowing it is kind of their last stand

04:21never to be heard again.

04:22Yeah, or even like Donald Trump recently called for him

04:25to like explain,

04:26even give a little bit of something

04:27of why he did this.

04:29So I think some people were hoping

04:30he would say something like that.

04:33They did say in the sentencing

04:34that I wanted to ask you about,

04:36they said, you know, there's no appeal,

04:38but he does have the option

04:39to have a letter of appeal.

04:41What's the difference between those two things?

04:44Functionally, he cannot change this.

04:47He has waived all of his rights

04:50and they made that really, really clear

04:53during the hearing

04:55where the judge took the plea.

04:58So Brian Koberger will be spending

05:00the rest of his life in prison,

05:03but you can hear the residue

05:06of what happened

05:08is probably going to last a lifetime

05:10for everybody you just heard.

05:12Hi, my name is Trinity Mitchell

05:14and I am from Fort Worth, Texas.

05:15This is such a controversial plea deal

05:19because the public has been so involved

05:21and invested in this case.

05:24While I am so relieved

05:25that the family has some peace

05:27and can begin their healing,

05:29a part of me wishes

05:30that we knew that motive.

05:32Just like President Donald Trump says,

05:34the family deserves to know

05:36why he did this.

05:37I mean, but what do you expect the family,

05:39what do you expect him to do?

05:41To explain it where it's going

05:42to make any sense?

05:43I mean, what could he possibly say

05:46that is going to satisfy anybody

05:49when he walks in a house

05:52and slaughters four strangers?

05:53I mean, what could he possibly say?

05:55He could just tell them, like, his motive

05:58just so the family can begin their peace

06:00and begin their healing.

06:02Because this is,

06:04going through a whole trial,

06:06at least they can know the steps

06:08and the evidence of what was happening.

06:12Because everything has been private,

06:14especially towards the family,

06:16because they don't know.

06:17So the families are divided.

06:18Half of the families wanted this plea deal

06:21and the other half...

06:22Yeah, they're right.

06:23They didn't want it.

06:24They wanted the death penalty.

06:25And I get it.

06:26But again, what you're saying is

06:28that somehow the family would get peace.

06:30In some ways, I think it's the opposite.

06:31Because there's nothing logical

06:33or nothing you could make sense of

06:35if he explains what twisted reason

06:39he had for killing four strangers.

06:41So in a way,

06:43it just accentuates the tragedy

06:45for him to give some bizarre, meaningless message.

06:49That's true.

06:50I mean, fortunately,

06:51we are not in the family's position

06:55and we don't know what they're going through.

06:58and we can't speak for the families.

07:02Just hopefully that now that this part is over,

07:06that they can go and move forward with their lives.

07:10Yeah, listen, I hope you're right.

07:13I mean, I saw this with Adam Walsh,

07:15you know, who lost his son

07:16and he was able to, you know,

07:18move on with his life.

07:20But man, you watch this.

07:22It is hard.

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