{"id":31557,"date":"2025-07-22T18:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T18:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=31557"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T18:45:25","slug":"trump-makes-demand-in-idaho-murder-case-ahead-of-bryan-kohbergers-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=31557","title":{"rendered":"Trump makes demand in Idaho murder case ahead of Bryan Kohberger\u2019s sentencing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Donald Trump has shared his thoughts on Bryan Kohberger’s plea deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In June, Kohberger<\/a> pleaded guilty to the 2022 murders of University of Idaho<\/a> students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.<\/p>\n

All four students were stabbed multiple times and were killed in a rental property near the university’s main campus.<\/p>\n

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There was a two week-long manhunt after the brutal murders<\/a> and Kohberger went on to be identified by authorities with the help of DNA evidence, cellphone data and video footage.<\/p>\n

Kohberger, 30, was then charged with first-degree murder and burglary.<\/p>\n

At first, he denied the charges but in a dramatic U-turn in late June, Kohberger changed his plea to guilty as a part of deal.<\/p>\n

The deal prevents him from being placed on death row<\/a> for his crimes, something which prosecutors would have pushed for, had Kohberger gone to trial next month as planned.<\/p>\n

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Bryan Kohberger has pleaded guilty to the killing of 4 students in 2022 (August Frank-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The 30-year-old is expected to be handed a life long sentence at his hearing tomorrow (July 23).<\/p>\n

It’s reported that Kohberger’s plea deal does not order him to reveal the motive of the killings of Mogen, Goncalves, Kernodle and Chapin \u2014 but the President Trump<\/a> wants this changed.<\/p>\n

Taking to Truth Social<\/a> to weigh in on the matter, Trump said: “Bryan Kohberger, who was responsible, in Idaho, for the deaths of four wonderful young souls, has made a plea bargain deal in order to avoid the Death Penalty. These were vicious murders, with so many questions left unanswered.<\/p>\n

“While Life Imprisonment is tough, it\u2019s certainly better than receiving the Death Penalty but, before Sentencing, I hope the Judge makes Kohberger, at a minimum, explain why he did these horrible murders. There are no explanations, there is no NOTHING.<\/p>\n

“People were shocked that he was able to plea bargain, but the Judge should make him explain what happened. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”<\/p>\n

While Kohberger hasn’t shared why he killed the four students, his signed confession does state that it was a premeditated attack<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump wants Kohberger to be forced to share a motive for the murders (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

There have been theories about why Kohberger attacked Goncalves and Mogen specifically.<\/p>\n

Forensic psychiatrist Dr Carole Lieberman suggested that it came down to a psychological pattern<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It is especially significant that Maddie and Kaylee look like the blonde cheerleader who rejected him in middle school,” Dr Lieberman told the Mail.<\/p>\n

“He took out the rage that he built up over the years, towards this first love and all the subsequent women who rejected him, with each bloody stab of the knife.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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