Four Consecutive Life Terms w/ No Chance of Parole for Kohberger

I watched the family and friends statements. I cried and then cried some more. My husband came in and shut the TV off. It brought back memories of losing family, victims of horrible crimes and my testifying in court.

The statement, one family member made, about how the wounds will never fully heal, I can identify with. Wounds from such crimes, scab up in time. Then years pass and those scabs may fall off, but the scars are forever.
 

I had really hoped he would muster a shred of compassion and provide some sort of explanation/motive, to give these poor families some sort of closure. I can't say I'm surprised that he didn't, though.

Those victim impact statements were brutal to watch. Even the judge was wiping away tears.
 
Lewkat said:
If he ever gets out among the general prison public, we can say sayonara to this guy.
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We can only hope.

I have experienced losing family members. My parents were killed when I was 9 years old. At that age, it’s really not as emotional as it is for someone more mature and with the understanding of what having a family member murdered means and all that goes along with the unexpected, untimely and unnecessary death.

I don’t know how the parents felt or if they were included in the decision to give 4 life sentences. As we all know, giving the killer the death penalty doesn’t bring back the loved one. It does serve as justice. I think the decision for the punishment should be left up to the parents. No matter what they choose, there will be no closure, but it’s about getting justice for the deceased.

I can only wish that the parents find peace.
 
I'm sure if they had the proper elements, he would have been charged with 8 counts of 1st degree murder, if Idaho has that as part of its Jurisprudence?
 
OneEyedDiva said:
And I would be okay with that. I still want to know why he did it. Whenever anyone is murdered, I always wonder why (unless the motive is given or obvious).
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He was a brilliant law (criminal justice) student obsessed with horrible crime and why murderers got caught. He thought he was so smart, he could pull off the perfect crime. To him it was like writing a novel or playing chess.
 
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It was clear he has some sort of mental health problems.
I think we expect too much for an explanation like they give the audience in a crime TV show like "criminal minds" or something. we can never really know what is going through a person's mind, especially if they are disturbed.
All we have is guesses and speculation.
 
Deya said:
He was a brilliant law student obsessed with horrible crime and why murderers got caught. He thought he was so smart, he could pull off the perfect crime. To him it was like writing a novel or playing chess.
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Personal opinion here only... I agree that with his murder/murderer obsession, he really thought he was smart enough to beat the system. To take it a step further, I don't think it was random... I think one of those girls rejected him in some way at a certain point, and he had his victim. More people in the house just made it more of a challenge for him. :mad:
 
I watched some of the family members speaking. It was so sad to see those beautiful people he killed that had so much life waiting for them if he hadn't killed them. What a horrible person he is and looking like he could care less about the statements being directed at him.
 
againstthegrain said:
Thanks for correcting the other post, #13.
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Criminal justice is part of law. One past professor said he was brilliant. Kate didn't correct me, she was just more specific.

Criminal justice and law are often seen as two sides of the same coin. Although they accomplish this in different ways, both fields are concerned with upholding the justice system.

His criminal justice studies included law studies that he used in the opposite way they are designed. Instead of upholding the law, he studied how to get around it.
 
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He refused to reveal his motives for his crimes. Nothing has ever been found to show he even knew the victims.

Judging by what I saw at the sentencing, he is cold, calculated, and has no remorse for his crimes. He didn't have the basic humanity to say anything that might help the families to understand why he did this.

At least the families had some closure, knowing he was the one that committed the crimes. No killer was ever caught in my brothers brutal murder. He was 12. No one could then, nor even now, come up with the slightest idea why he was killed.
I will never have any closure in that regards. I have, over the years, stopped living in fear, worrying about his killer coming after me.

My husband reassures me that, since no one was ever suspect and no evidence was found, that if the killer is still alive, they will stay silent and avoid any contact. Still I will wonder and will until I die, why it happened and what kind of human could do such a horrible thing, for no apparent reason. Watching the killer of the Idaho students in court, helped answer that last question, at least in part.
 
Deya said:
His criminal justice studies included law studies that he used in the opposite way they are designed. Instead of upholding the law, he studied how to get around it.
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If that was the case, he really was stupid, as I am sure he knew there is no time frame to commence a Prosecution for Murder. There being 4 people, the hunt would be never ending. Ego maniac.
 
Victim impact statements mean absolutely nothing to people like that. I wouldn't dignify him by allowing him to see me even glance his way or acknowledge him in any way whatsoever, much less speak to him; doing so may bring him some morbid satisfaction.
 
I'm trying to think of what he could possibly say to the families that would be helpful. I can't think of what that might be. I don't know what I would want him to say to me if I was affected by it. I wouldn't trust his sincerity, anyway. I'm just pleased that he has been removed from society, and I really wouldn't care what means were used to accomplish that.
 

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