Kaylee Goncalves’ family expressed criticism and fury.

Xana Kernodle’s aunt tried empathy and forgiveness.

Yet, despite their “good cop-bad cop” efforts, Bryan Kohberger remained silent and “respectfully” declined to give any insight into why he fatally stabbed four University of Idaho students in the overnight hours of November 13, 2022.

Kohberger was sentenced to four consecutive life sentences and was quietly escorted out of the courtroom, leaving behind a courtroom of heartbroken families, prosecutors and a judge still unable to process that all-important yet elusive question: Why?

Why did this criminology grad student plan and carry out this heinous attack against people with whom he had no apparent connection?