India, July 23 -- The sentencing hearing of Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger started with an emotional and powerful victim impact statement from surviving roommate Bethany Funke in the Boise, Idaho, courtroom. Funke and Dylan Mortensen were in the house during the crime, unaware that their four friends were being stabbed to death. Kohberger has been accused of killing Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, at a rental home near their campus in Moscow, Idaho.

During the sentencing, Funke's statement was read aloud by a friend on her behalf. "Never in a million years would I have thought that something like this would have happened to my closest friends," Funke ...