Through a statement read in court by friend Emily Alandt, one of the surviving roommates, Bethany Funke, said she’s still scared to go out in public but forces herself to do so because she knows her friends would want her to live her life to the fullest.
Emily Alandt reads a victim impact statement during Bryan Kohberger’s sentencing, July 23, 2025, in Boise, Idaho.
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Funke recounted her memories of her friends at their off-campus home.
“Our house was not just a house, it was a home,” Funke said.
She said Xana Kerndole was the life of the party and “kindest and funniest person,” and that Ethan Chapin and Kerndole “were absolute soulmates.”
Kaylee Goncalves “had the most beautiful, radiant smile” and could have ruled the world, she said.
Maddie Mogen, Funke’s big sister in their sorority, was the “older sister I would’ve always wanted. There was no one I looked up to or admired more than Maddie.”
“I wish more than anything I could hug them one last time,” she said.
“I still tell them every night I will keep living for them,” she said.
