New Delhi, July 23 -- A judge on Wednesday (July 23) sentenced Bryan Kohberger to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, marking the end of a case that shocked the nation.

Kohberger, who was found guilty of the murders earlier this year, declined to speak during the sentencing hearing. He offered no explanation and has never revealed a motive for the killings.

The sentencing hearing gave the families of the victims - Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, Ethan Chapin, and Kaylee Goncalves - the chance to speak directly to the man who took their loved ones' lives in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022.

Kohberger, who sat impassively beside his attorneys thro...