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Un étudiant en criminologie américain qui a choqué les États-Unis, en assassinant quatre étudiants sans jamais révéler ses motivations, a été condamné à la perpétuité incompressible. Après deux ans et demi de silence, Bryan Kohberger, 30 ans, a plaidé coupable pour ce quadruple meurtre commis en novembre 2022, qui avait terrorisé la petite ville de Moscow, en Idaho (nord-ouest). Une décision qui lui a permis d'éviter la peine de mort.

L'histoire avait fasciné l'Amérique : les corps de Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, toutes deux 21 ans, Xana Kernodle et Ethan Chapin, 20 ans chacun et en couple, avaient été découverts dans une maison, lardés de coups de couteau.

Ces étudiants sans histoire ont été tués dans leur sommeil, sans que cela ne réveille leurs deux autres colocataires.

L'enquête avait patiné pendant deux mois, avant que la police n'arrête M. Kohberger le 30 décembre 2022, à des milliers de kilomètres de la scène de crime, chez ses parents en Pennsylvanie.

Le meurtrier étudiait au moment des faits à l'Université de l'État de Washington, avec l'ambition de passer un doctorat en criminologie. Il a été confondu par son ADN sur un étui de couteau récupéré sur les lieux du crime.

Une vidéo montre également une voiture similaire à la sienne circulant dans le quartier des victimes au moment des meurtres.

À la barre mercredi, les familles ont évoqué le souvenir des victimes avec émotion et ont parfois espéré un châtiment divin pour l'accusé. «Tu vas aller en enfer», lui a lancé Randy Davis, le beau-père de Xana Kernodle, tremblant de rage. «Tu es diabolique. Il n'y a pas de place pour toi au paradis. Tu as pris nos enfants. Tu vas souffrir.»

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00:00The man who confessed to killing four University of Idaho students came face-to-face with the victims' families today.
00:06It's a highly anticipated sentencing hearing.
00:09Fox's Kennedy Hayes is live outside the courthouse in Boise.
00:12Kennedy?
00:14Hi, Christine and Elix.
00:16I was inside the hearing all day.
00:18It was emotional and at times overwhelming.
00:21Not only did the judge wipe away tears, but so did the lead, a prosecutor.
00:25And many of the victims, including the surviving roommates, looked directly at Koberger as they gave their statements.
00:33My friends, my safety, my identity, my future.
00:38He took their lives, but I will continue trying to be like them.
00:42There's no place for you in heaven.
00:44You took our children.
00:47You are going to suffer, man.
00:50I'm shaking because I want to reach out to you.
00:53No one is impressed by you.
00:55No one thinks that you are important.
00:58You orchestrated this like you thought you were God.
01:01Now look at you.
01:03Family members and friends of the victims gave powerful statements.
01:07Surviving roommates described the trauma and anxiety they're still living with,
01:12tracing back to that night in November 2022 when Brian Koberger murdered their four friends.
01:17One victim's sister called Koberger a, quote, sociopath, psychopath, and murderer.
01:22Koberger had the opportunity to speak today, but he declined.
01:26Instead, he just sat there stone-faced as Judge Hitler sentenced him to four consecutive life sentences without parole,
01:33plus another 10 years for burglary.
01:35The judge also ordered him to pay $270,000 in financial penalties to the victim's families.
01:41Koberger pleaded guilty to the four murders earlier this month.
01:45It was part of a plea deal to avoid the death penalty.
01:48Prosecutors say they still don't know why he targeted that specific house.
01:52And Judge Hitler said even if Koberger had spoken more, there's no guarantee he'd tell the truth.
01:58It's unlikely the court would have believed him.
02:02By continuing to focus on why, we continue to give Mr. Koberger relevance.
02:07We give him agency and we give him power.
02:10In my view, the time has now come to end Mr. Koberger's 15 minutes of fame.
02:15It's time that he'd be consigned to the ignominy and isolation of perpetual incarceration.
02:20And some families say today's hearing is a way to help them recover.
02:27Others called it merely a shortcut.
02:29As for Koberger, right now he's being held in a maximum security prison just outside of Boise.
02:36In Boise, Idaho, Kennedy Hayes, Fox 11 News.

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