Up next is Kim Cheeley, Madison Mogen's grandmother.

She says she's glad for the plea deal because it protects the public and punishes the perpetrator but protects them from the long process of a trial and potential appeals.

Cheeley talks about Madison being her first grandchild and how she became called 'Deedle' as a grandmother.

Madison gave her a necklace with their names engraved on it, she recalls. After her passing, Cheely added an angel wing to the necklace and got a tattoo in her honour.

She says their family have struggled with depression, anxiety, and sleeplessness.

As she closed her impact statement, she said she was thinking about the other victims' families and Kohberger's family too.

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This morning's statements from family members of the victims have left few in the court with dry eyes, including the judge himself.

He appears to be sniffling through tears after thanking the family members for having the courage to speak in court.

Kohberger, meanwhile, has kept the same expressionless face for the entirety of the hearing, not reacting to statements from family and friends about the pain and trauma of losing their loved ones.

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We continue to hear from Madison Mogen's stepfather Scott Laramie.

"As for the defendant, we will not waste our words. Nor will we fall into hatred and bitterness."

He continues: "Evil does not deserve our time and attention. We're done being victims."

His statement concludes. The judge thanks him for his courage, adding "I am sorry for your loss".

Madison Mogen's stepfather is continuing his emotional statement, saying that he and his wife are "ordinary people" who lived "extraordinary lives" because of their daughter.

His daughter was taken senselessly and brutally - as well as the other "bright" roommates, he says.

He says over time they have learned to have hope and have healed somewhat, but larger emotional wounds will never heal.

Laramie says it helps the family to know Madison is in heaven now "free from the trials of this earth".

But there are no words that can capture the devastation of losing her, he says.

For Madison's sake, he says, they will try not to let grief consume them.

Up next is Madison Mogen's family and her stepfather Scott Laramie.

Laramie is reading the victim impact statement on behalf of himself and Karen Laramie, Madison's mother, who is standing next to him.

Maddie, as he calls her, was their joy and hope, Laramie says. He tells the court he joined her life when Madison was two and half years old. He describes her as kind, bright, empathetic, and someone who listened carefully to others.

She loved music festivals and had wonderful sense of humour. Madison excelled in school and was an easy child to raise who never required discipline, he says.

He tells the court of a story about Karen having to discipline her. "You broke my heart!" Madison said. "That melted ours". She had a keen wit even at that young age, he says.

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Continuing her statement, Mortensen says she is trying to live a new life for her friends. A year ago, she had a dream where she told her friends goodbye. She is grateful it "gave them the goodbye they never got".

"But no dream can ever replace them," she adds.

"He is a hollow vessel... he chose evil, he feels nothing," Mortensen says through tears, referring to Kohberger who remains blank.

"Living is how I honour them," she adds.

"He may of taken so much from me, but he will never get to take my voice."

She will continue living with the pain, but Kohberger will stay there "empty, forgotten and powerless".

That concludes her statement. The judge thanks her for her courage.

"I made an escape plan wherever I went," Mortensen continues to tell the court about the impact on her and the panic attacks she has suffered.

"Sometimes I drop to the floor with my heart racing," she continues.

"It is far beyond anxiety, it is my body reliving everything over and over again. It won't let me forget what it did to them.

"People call me strong, they call me a survivor but don't see what my new reality looks like."

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We are now hearing from the other roommate who survived the attack, Dylan Mortensen.

Mortensen has previously said she saw Kohberger leaving the house on the night of the murders. She said she saw a man dressed in dark clothes and a ski mask on his way out of the home's sliding glass doors.

Mortensen is delivering her statement from a seat next to prosecutors. She takes several deep breaths through tears as she begins her speech.

The judge tells her to take her time, and she begins to talk about the horrors of having lost her four close friends.

Funke is now reflecting on who her friends were as people. She speaks fondly of their house together, which she says was not a house but "a home".

One of her favourite memories was a Halloween party, where they sat "talking and laughing all night long".

Xana Kernodle was "one in a million", she writes. She made everyone feel loved, the statement adds.

Kaylee Goncalves "was so kind but one of the funniest people I've ever known", Funke writes. "She could've ruled the world if she wanted to."

"Ethan was the sweetest, most genuine guy," the statement continues, the "kind of person you wanted around".

Madison Mogen was "the older sister I would've always wanted", Funke writes. "She was truly a ray of sunshine."

We are still hearing from a friend who is reading a statement on behalf of the victims' roommate, Bethany Funke.

Funke talks about the trauma of being one of two roommates to survive the incident while four others were killed. "Why me?" she says she asked herself.

She says she had a hard time facing the victims' families, and for a while, kept the blinds drawn in her house and rarely left her home.

She made her parents double-lock the doors, she says, adding that she hasn't slept a single night since the murders happened, waking up afraid that someone is trying to break in.

Everything she does is with her friends in mind, Funke says in her statement.

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As Emily Alandt delivers an emotional statement on behalf of one of the two surviving roommates whom Kohberger did not kill that night, Kohberger does not appear to be reacting at all.

As Emily pauses occasionally through tears, Kohberger looks forward emotionless, his hands placed in his lap. He is seated in between several members of his legal team.

In the statement read on behalf of Bethany Funke, Emily speaks about how she wishes she had woken up more fully early in the morning.

She says she feels like her brain wiped the memory of "the worst day of my life."

Alandt, who is reading the statement, is emotional and is taking breaks in between tears.

Bethany Funke's friend Emily Alandt is reading a victim impact statement on her behalf.

"I not only lost some of my best friends, I also lost a sister," Emily tells the court as Kohberger sits opposite motionless.

"I was scared to death not knowing what had happened."

The hearing is just getting underway now. The judge asks lawyers on both sides if there is any reason why Kohberger shouldn't be sentenced today - both sides say no.

The state says they do not plant to present any evidence beyond impact statements from friends and family of the victims, including photographs.

Those delivering the impact statements tell the court that they do not mind being on camera.

Judge Steven Hippler has begun court proceedings.

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The plea deal between prosecutors and Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys have divided the families of the four students he admits to killing.

As a reminder, as part of the deal, Kohberger will spend the rest of his life in prison, waive his rights to future appeals and parole. In exchange, prosecutors will not seek the death penalty as part of his sentence.

Outside court earlier this month, the father of Kaylee Goncalves, Steve, said he felt "pretty let down". He said the state "made a deal with the devil".

The family wanted a full confession, including details about the location of the murder weapon and confirmation the defendant acted alone.

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But others felt the plea agreement would help grieving families put this matter behind them.

Ben Mogen, whose daughter Madison died in the attack, told CBS, the BBC's US partner, that he felt that the agreement represented "justice".

He said drawn-out discussions involving the death penalty would have meant continued "torture" for families who had already gone through "the most horrific thing they could ever imagine".

Read more of our coverage here.

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Bryan Kohberger in now in court awaiting sentencing.

He is wearing an orange jumpsuit and is handcuffed.

Judge Steven Hippler tells everyone to sit, and they will begin in five minutes.

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Bryan Kohberger, 30, was a doctoral student in criminology at the time of the Idaho quadruple murders.

He was studying at Washington State University in Pullman, a short drive across state lines from the University of Idaho’s Moscow campus.

Before moving westwards, Kohberger had spent most of his life in his home state Pennsylvania. He attended at DeSales University in Center Valley, a Catholic institution about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

There he studied for a bachelor’s degree in psychology followed by a master’s in criminology. At DeSales, Kohberger studied under Professor Katherine Ramsland, an expert in serial killings. She described him in a recent interview with NewsNation as "a promising student who really could have made a mark in this career in a very positive way".

Ramsland said she wonders if her classes may have inspired Kohberger's actions.

"I have to look at the framework of what I taught and wonder, did I inspire him in some way?" she said. "But I can't second guess that, because I may have inspired somebody else to become an FBI agent".

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Steve and Kristi Goncalves, the parents of victim Kaylee Goncalves, have arrived at court.

They avoided questions from reporters as they walked in hand-in-hand.

Their lawyer has said they will be speaking today.

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We will likely hear from the families of Kohberger’s victims at today’s sentencing hearing.

Ethan Chapin, 20, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20 and Madison Mogen, 21, were killed in their shared off-campus home in the city of Moscow, Idaho in November 2022.

The two others in the house, Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen, survived.

Panicked texts between the surviving roommates were used by authorities to paint a picture of that night, and since, family members have spoken up about the murders.

The father of Madison Mogen described the loss of all four students as “the most horrific thing” the families could ever imagine.

After Kohberger’s guilty plea, Ben Mogen said the families can now focus on how to move on without their kids.

Her father has said the marketing student was "known for her ability to make others smile and laugh".

Goncalves, Mogen's good friend, was a "defender and protector" of her family who "did absolutely everything she set her mind to", relatives said.

Chapin's mother said her son, who was a triplet, was "the life of the party" and "the kindest person".

Kernodle was a strong-willed student who was with her friends "all the time", her father said.

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