A University of Idaho roommate who survived Bryan Kohberger’s vicious massacre faced the killer for the first time since she saw him and his “bushy eyebrows” the night of the killing — and described him as an “evil” and empty coward during emotional impact statements.

Bethany Funke, survivor and roommate of the four Idaho victims, had another person read her victim impact statement at Bryan Kohberger’s sentencing with heartbreaking candor. Struggling with guilt and trauma,

In November 2022, Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen were home and unharmed while their roommates were stabbed to death. Here's where Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen are now.

Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students in 2022. Look here for the Statesman’s latest coverage. By Rachel Roberts

Kohberger spared the lives of Mortensen and Funke — and both have since struggled deeply with crushing survivor's guilt.

BOISE, Idaho — For the first time Wednesday, the surviving roommates in the Idaho student murders, Dylan Mortensen and Bethany Funke, have spoken out about the impact of that fateful night in November 2022. A spokesperson read aloud Funke’s statement on her behalf during confessed killer Bryan Kohberger’s sentencing.

Over 300 documents were released Wednesday after Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students.