Bryan Kohberger humiliated behind bars as he’s forced to pay the victims’ families from his prison slush fund

Bryan Kohberger was ordered to pay additional money to the families of his victims on the third anniversary of the University of Idaho student murders.

In a court order issued Thursday, Judge Steven Hippler ruled that the 30-year-old criminology student-turned-mass-murderer must pay approximately $3,000 in additional damages to the families of Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves to cover the cost of their murdered daughter’s jars.

Judge Hippler rejected Kohberger’s argument that he could not pay because he was sentenced to life in prison. killer received a staggering $28,360.96 Donations were made while awaiting trial in the Latah County and Ada County jails.

His defense had previously claimed that most of this money came from his own family so they could communicate with him in prison.

‘He received sufficient money from donations to cover the amount of damages already ordered,’ the judge wrote.

‘Although these funds are no longer available to the Respondent, it is foreseeable that he will continue to receive donations in the future, particularly given that most of the sums donated came from his family.’

The judge also noted that there was no reason why Kohberger could not secure paid prison work.

‘Given his limited needs in prison and his youth, it is foreseeable that the Defendant may receive, through employment and donations, an amount of money sufficient to meet at least his financial compensation obligations during his lifetime,’ he said.

The decision came on the third anniversary of the murders. From left to right: Dylan Mortensen, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen (on Kaylee’s shoulders) Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Bethany Funke

Agreeing to pay restitution to cover victims’ funeral expenses was also part of the plea agreement in which Kohberger pleaded guilty in November 2022 to the murders of Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Goncalves and Mogen.

The agreement, in which he was spared the death penalty and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, was ‘contractual in nature and is generally reviewed by courts in accordance with contract law standards,’ the judge wrote.

Kohberger was ordered to pay $1,587.79 to Mogen’s mother, Karen Laramie, and Goncalves’ parents, Steve and Kristi Goncalves. $1,420, With 9.125 percent annual interest.

That amount covers the cost of the urns containing the remains of the 21-year-old’s best friend.

It comes in addition to The state was previously ordered to pay $251,227.50 in criminal fines and fees, a $20,000 civil judgment for each of the families, and $28,956.88 in restitution to the families of Kernodle and Chapin and the state’s crime victim compensation fund.

However, although the judge ruled in favor of the victims’ families regarding funeral expenses, It revealed that Kohberger could make money legally by selling his story in the future.

At the hearing on Nov. 5, Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson argued that the victims’ families should be able to recover outstanding money from funds earned from movies or books related to the case.

Kohberger’s lawyer Elissa Massoth backed down ‘I insist it exists’There are no films or books in the works by Kohberger or any member of his family, and he dismisses the possibility as ‘speculation’.

The judge rejected Kohberger’s (pictured leaving court) claim that he could not pay because he was sentenced to life in prison

He also argued that Kohberger could never profit from sharing his story because of Idaho’s ‘Son of Sam’ type law.specifically prevents this’.

But in the court ruling, Judge Hippler said Idaho law ‘leaves open the potential for Defendant to receive money from media contracts in the future’ and that such proceeds would be inaccessible to victims for compensation payments.

During this legal battle over additional damages, Kohberger also avoided paying approximately $24,000 in additional money to the families of Goncalves and Mogen after Thompson admitted to filing a damages lawsuit. Error in searching for travel and accommodation expenses.

The decision came on the third anniversary of the November 13, 2022 murders that shook the university city of Moscow and ripped apart four families.

In the early hours of November 13, 2022, Kohberger broke into an off-campus home. and stabbed It caused the death of best friends Goncalves and Mogen and 20-year-old couple Kernodle and Chapin.

She is survived by her two roommates, Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen.

Kohberger, who was then living just 10 minutes across the state line in Pullman, Washington, was arrested about six weeks later at his parents’ home in Pennsylvania’s Poconos region.

He was linked to the murders after leaving behind a brown leather Ka-Bar knife sheath at the scene.

Families of the victims paid tribute to the four students on social media on Thursday to mark the heartbreaking anniversary.

Best friends Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen (left) and young couple Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle (right) were killed by Kohberger.

On November 13, 2022, Kohberger entered 1122 King Road and stabbed four students to death.

‘There’s nothing like having a sister. “You will be forever loved and missed, Xana Alexia Kernodle,” Jazzmin Kernodle posted on Instagram in memory of her little sister.

The Goncalves Family Facebook page shared many photos and posts in memory of Goncalves and Mogen, who were described by their families as close as brothers.

The Chapin family celebrated the day with a scholarship auction for Ethan’s Smile Foundation held in his honor.

“We chose to turn the day that changed our lives forever into a day that could positively impact the lives of others,” his mother, Stacy Chapin, wrote on social media.

Speaking to the Daily Mail in September, Stacy recalled her son was a ‘wonderful kid’.

‘There is nothing I would go back and change in the 20 years I spent with Ethan. He was such a wonderful kid. “He was amazing,” he said at the time. ‘I’m grateful to have had him for these 20 years.’

On Thursday evening in Moscow, where four young adults enjoyed student life, members of Greek life will hold a vigil in the Memorial Garden to remember them.

Meanwhile Kohberger He is being held at Idaho’s maximum security prison in Kuna, where he will spend his dying days.

He had no known connection to any of the victims and refused to explain the motive for the attack.