MOSCOW, Idaho -- Bryan Kohberger must pay for the urns of two of the University of Idaho students he killed, an Idaho state judge ruled.

Thursday's ruling comes after prosecutors asked the judge at a hearing last month to require the convicted killer to pay about $3,000 to reimburse the families of Kaylee Goncalves and Maddie Mogen for the urns carrying their ashes.

Kohberger, who was set to go to trial in the summer, struck a deal with prosecutors in June that allowed him to escape the death penalty if he pleaded guilty to the November 2022 murders of Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Mogen and Goncalves.

Kohberger's attorneys argued he does not have the money to pay the additional restitution to the families, let alone the already-agreed-upon more than $30,000 in restitution required thro

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