Bryan Kohberger sentencing: Idaho college student killer sentenced to life in prison

Xana Kernodle's aunt, Kim Kernodle, said in court, "This is probably gonna bother everybody, but Bryan, I'm here today to tell you I've forgiven you, because I could no longer live with that hate."

"Any time you want to talk and tell me what happened ... I'm here, no judgment," she said to her niece's killer.

Xana Kernodle's dad, Jeff Kernodle, said in court that the thing he misses most is the weekend calls from his daughter.

He said he was staying just a few miles away from the victims' house on the night of the murders and wishes he would have gone over to their house that night.

"They would've had a chance," he said.

Xana Kernodle's sister, Jazzmin Kernodle, said in court she was unsure if she'd speak today. "In the end, I realized this moment isn't about you -- it's about justice for Xana, Ethan, Kaylee and Maddie," she said.

She called her sister "a gift to each person she was able to make an impact on."

Xana Kernodle was the younger sister, but Jazzmin Kernodle said she often found herself looking up to her.

"Xana was someone I turned to when I needed direction or advice," she said.

"She truly did live every day to the fullest. Yet her story was cut short by an act of evil," she said. "She won't be the maid of honor at my wedding, the cool aunt to my future children. ... But I will carry her with me for the rest of my life. I will live in her honor, fight to be the best kind of woman, someone she's proud of."

"Xana's story doesn't end with what was taken from her. It lives through the love she gave the people she touched and the legacy her family will protect," she said.

Jazzmin Kernodle, her sister, said she was unsure if she would be capable of testifying Wednesday.

"I believe in a god whose justice is not bound by this courtroom," she said.

Xana Kernodle's father, Jeff Kernodle, testified next.

"On my way up here, flying up here on the plane, about halfway through the flight a little girl was calling out for her dad. 'dad, dad, dad,'" he said. For a minute, it sounded like Xana, he said.

When Xana Kernodle was gone, Jeff Kernodle said he realized how important his daughter was.

The way she influenced him was "way beyond what I ever thought," he said.

"You're not that good. In fact you're not that good at anything. You couldn't secure a job, you couldn't get along well with others," she said.

Goncalves said she was disappointed that Kohberger wouldn't be executed by firing squad and reveled in how he would suffer in prison.

"You will always be remembered as a loser, an absolute failure," she said.

"Hell will be waiting," Goncalves' mother said.

Her testimony was also followed by applause.