Sentencing Mosquera to a minimum of 40 years and 264 days, Judge Justice Bennathan said: "I stress that is a minimum, you may never be safe to set free". He added that the murders, which took place on 11 July 2024, were "thoroughly wicked crimes". Mosquera had a blank expression while he was being sentenced. After the judge finished speaking, Mosquera smiled as he shook his interpreter's hand and then he smiled at the court before he was led down.
Judge Steven Hippler of the state's 4th Judicial District sentenced Bryan Kohberger to four consecutive life sentences for the murders of four University of Idaho students.
Valerie Ross expressed her unwavering belief in her son Demetrice's innocence, emphasizing repeatedly to the jury that she felt her son was not a murderer.