At the sentencing for the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen, Bryan Kohberger declined to speak, prompting reactions from the victims' family members.

In the days after murdering four University of Idaho students in an off-campus home, Bryan Kohberger’s behavior shifted dramatically and investigators would later find that he had fixated on news coverage of the killings and began paying for items in cash – often wearing gloves – as he avoided the area of the murders.