Judge rules Kohberger must pay additional restitution costs for victims’ families

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Bryan Kohberger has been ordered to pay an additional $3,000 in restitution to two of the victims’ families.

Judge Hippler heard argument in court last week as to why Kohberger should not have to pay the additional funeral-related costs, saying he already has no ability to pay more than $300,000 in fines and fees from the criminal case that resulted in him pleading guilty to murdering Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves.

The order comes down on the third anniversary of the brutal attack that left the four University of Idaho students dead in their off-campus home.

The $3,000 in restitution will cover urns for two of the families, though it is a long way short of the initial $27,000 prosecutors had asked for. Defense attorneys successf