University of Idaho Murders: State of Idaho vs. BK *GUILTY PLEA* (3 Viewers)

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Got my Masters degree from here.

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/nation-world/national/article268771952.html

Killer who stabbed 4 Idaho students to death still at large​

The killer — or killers — who stabbed four University of Idaho students to death remained at large Tuesday, prompting many students to leave the campus in the idyllic small town despite police assurances that there was no imminent risk to the community.

So many students had left the scenic tree-lined campus in Moscow, Idaho, by Tuesday that university officials said a candlelight vigil scheduled for the next day would instead be held after the Thanksgiving break.

The students, all close friends, were found dead in an off-campus rental home around noon on Sunday, and officials said they likely were killed several hours earlier. Latah County Coroner Cathy Mabbutt told the Spokane, Washington-based television station KXLY that her preliminary investigation showed the students were stabbed to death. There is no indication that substance use was involved in the deaths, Mabbutt said.

 

[Mel70]

That's for thyroid problems, I take that. Idiocy runs amok.

See. That is 3 of us here. He's an idiot. Definitely.

 

[Tresir]

See. That is 3 of us here. He's an idiot. Definitely.

My mother-in-law used to take thyroxin. That's 4. And her sister. That's 5. None were murderers.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

My mother-in-law used to take thyroxin. That's 4. And her sister. That's 5. None were murderers.

https://www.goodrx.com/synthroid/why-synthroid-is-the-most-prescribed-drug-in-the-us

 

[ima.grandma]

 

[ima.grandma]

Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson and his chief deputy, Ashley Jennings, led the prosecution of Bryan Kohberger, who has now admitted to murdering four University of Idaho students. Thompson and Jennings have worked in Moscow for years and recall the horrific scene inside 1122 King Rd. where Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were stabbed to death on November 13, 2022. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy talks with Thompson and Jennings about the case, the terms of the controversial plea agreement with Kohberge,r and more in this episode of Crime Fix — a daily show covering the biggest stories in crime.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I also posted this link in Daybell as Kay Woodcock is on most of the video explaining restitution and some other things. For more detail on some things said in it, best is to watch, otherwise go to that thread where I detailed a couple of things she said.

Both BK and Lori imo are doing this about restitution because it lets them mess with the victim families again and disrupt their lives, their schedules, are trying to upset them and get them back in a courtroom (even if by Zoom).

 

[Kimster]

I thought part of his plea agreement was that he had to shut up.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I thought part of his plea agreement was that he had to shut up.

Yah, I don't know if restitution is separate or something. In both cases it came after his deal and her trial.

Kohberger is more the surprise than Lori I think. With Lori, I don't think it surprises most. With him, we never really got to see a trial, he has said little, we know little as to seeing him operate I mean, and yet here he is making something of nothing and imo trying to upset the families and hurt them yet again by making them deal with this now. It seems minor compared to the actual crimes of course but he is making them come back and deal with this, with him, which is so unfair.

 

[Tresir]

New York Post

US News

Bryan Kohberger refuses to pay latest victims’ compensation claim, as lawyers argue GoFundme donations to families were enough​

By
Zoe Hussain
Published Oct. 22, 2025, 9:23 p.m. ET


Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger requested that a judge excuse the convicted killer from paying tens of thousands of dollars to the grieving families of two college students he slaughtered — arguing they have banked enough from GoFundMe donations.

Kohberger, 30, was previously ordered to pay roughly $290,000 in restitution when he pleaded guilty to savagely stabbing University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, to death in their off-campus home.

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Attorneys for Bryan Kohberger requested that a judge excuse the convicted killer from paying tens of thousands to two grieving families in the latest victims’ compensation claim.AP
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Prosecutors have now slapped the former criminology student with an additional restitution bill, requesting he shell out over $20,400 for Goncalves’ parents and roughly $7,000 for Mogen’s mother, Karen Laramie, to cover their travel expenses, court documents obtained by The Post show.

Kohberger’s legal team blasted the request for additional funds in a court filing earlier this month.

“The additional funds sought do not qualify as an economic loss under Idaho Code 19-5304 because Steve and Kristi Goncalves and Karen Larmie [sic] received extensive funds through multiple GoFundMe campaigns that specifically asked for and covered the expenses sought,” Kohberger’s legal team wrote.

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His attorneys also argued that Kohberger has no means to pay the restitution now or in the future as he remains behind bars in an Idaho maximum-security prison to serve four consecutive life sentences for the Nov. 13, 2022, murders.

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Kohberger’s legal team blasted the request for additional funds in a court filing earlier this month, arguing the victims’ (circled) families received enough money from GoFundMe donations.
The filing referenced three separate GoFundMe fundraisers for the families, including one campaign for Mogen and Goncalves that raised $73,493.

Another fundraiser for Laramie to “Help Maddie’s Family Attend the Idaho Trial” raised $48,815.00 for travel to Boise for hearings, the defense wrote.

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A third fundraiser raked in $85,583 in donations for Goncalves’ family for similar travel purposes.

“Given the specific funds sought and obtained for expenses to travel to Boise, the request
should be denied because neither family suffered an economic loss for that which the State seeks
reimbursement,” Kohberger’s defense wrote.

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Weeks before he was set to go to trial, Kohberger accepted a plea deal that allowed him to avoid the death penalty.Courtey of Dateline
His legal team noted that the families intended to refund donations after the sentencing, but “whether they were able to accomplish this or donors’ requested funds returned is not included in the State’s motion,” the document said.



Weeks before he was set to go to trial, Kohberger accepted a plea deal that allowed him to avoid the death penalty.

He was sentenced to life without parole in a hearing packed with the four students’ loved ones, who delivered emotional testimony directed at the cold-hearted killer.

After his sentencing, Kohberger was transferred from jail to a prison in Kuna, where his fellow inmates have been psychologically tormenting him by yelling into the vents that lead to his cell at all hours.

A restitution hearing to discuss the request for funds has been scheduled for Nov. 5, documents show.

( note - some of the comments copied too so I have left them in. )

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  Wilhelm Klink
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  The lawyer either fails to understand - or hopes people won't realize - is it's not the amount of money they're paid. Any monies from GoFundMe (or any other source) don't fulfill the terms of the sentencing: i.e., HE (Kohberger), not other...See more
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    james morgan
    6h ago
    
    Everything you wrote is true but I'll add that it's the additional fees after sentencing the defense lawyer is objecting to. By court order and acceptance of plea deal the defendant is obligated to pay the $290,000. He does not have the m...
    
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    Dave
    1m ago
    
    His lawyers are paid by the taxpayers and are just running up the bill
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    Nancy Rete
    10h ago
    
    He might be actually enjoying the attention. But in any case, the families are really doing nothing but re-opening the same wounds for themselves. As you've said, there is no money they can get from him.
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[GrandmaBear]

I hate to say it but if the families specifically asked in GoFundMes for the very same expenses they now want him to pay, and they received such in GoFundMes, there is maybe a basis here.

It bothers me though as it just seems so wrong--families should also be compensated for their sheer emotional wreckage and grief imo by restitution, without having to pursue civil action to hope to see something for that.

As Kay said, it isn't as if it will ever all be paid, it is that it is a small measure of justice that the defendant (Lori in her case) will have less and maybe not be able to get her hair done, etc. She also said maybe that's not very Christian of her but it is a a very small measure of satisfaction.

 

[Kimster]

He should just shut up and go away.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Pics of the sheath, pics of things pulled from the garbage at his parents in attempts to match DNA, interview of the Door Dash driver who did see a car and a guy driving she thought acting odd but car was tan she said and guy was blonde BUT wonder who well she recalls or saw. She saw Xana in window several times it sounds like. More.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I don't have a link offhand but the argument against paying restitution hearing was held today. If I understand correctly, the judge did not issue a decision yet. They may have reduced the amount, not sure. I heard a bit of something but have not watched a show or anything on it yet. If a link, I will watch the hearing.