Convicted killer Bryan Kohberger largely ignored his sobbing mother and lookalike sister after he was sentenced to life in prison for the slayings of four University of Idaho students.
The cold-blooded quadruple murderer had no words for his mom, Maryann Kohberger, and sister, Amanda, as he was hauled out of the courtroom in cuffs — despite the pair being the only two members of his family to show up to his sentencing Wednesday.
Both women, who sat in the gallery near the defense table, were later spotted being escorted from the court by Kohberger’s defense attorney, Anne Taylor.
Kohberger’s sister — who bears a striking resemblance to the murderer and coincidentally once starred in a low-budget slasher movie — stared blankly ahead as she exited, while their mom shielded her face with sunglasses.
The brief sighting came after Kohberger’s mother wept at times as the loved ones of the four victims — Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Ethan Chapin — gave crushing impact statements describing their grief during the lengthy hearing.
She sobbed briefly, too, when Mogen’s grandmother said her heart went out to Kohberger’s family.
“My heart aches for the kids’ roommates, and the families of the other victims and also the family of the perpetrator,” Mogen’s grandmother, Kim Cheeley, said.
At one point, Maryann could be seen “shuddering” and “putting her head in her hands,” The New York Times reported.
And she wiped tears from her eyes with a tissue when Xana Kernodle’s uncle said Kohberger “contaminated, tainted their family name and pretty much made it a horrible, miserable thing to be ever related to him,” NBC News reported.
His decision to largely ignore his relatives came as it emerged in a trove of newly released documents tied to the investigation that he would video video chat his mom “for hours each day” after he was nabbed over the 2022 slayings.
Kohberger’s father didn’t attend the sentencing hearing, but he was present when he pleaded guilty earlier this month.
Meanwhile, his other sister, Melissa, also chose not to attend the sentencing.
In the wake of his arrest, it was reported that Kohberger’s two sisters had been fired from their respective jobs.
Melissa was canned from her job as a mental health therapist in New Jersey, NewsNation reported at the time.
His other sister, who was working as an actress, was also axed. It wasn’t immediately clear, though, from what role.
At one point, Amanda Kohberger had starred in a gory, low-budget 2011 horror movie, titled “Two Days Back,” where her character was brutally stabbed, slashed and hacked to death with knives and hatchets.
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