The families of the victims of the Idaho murder house will seek the death penalty for accused killer Bryan Kohberger

Two families of victims of the Idaho quadruple homicide will seek the death penalty for the alleged college student killer, a lawyer said.

Bryan Kohberger, 28, is accused of murdering Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin on November 13, 2022. When asked to make a statement at a hearing last week, he remained silent.

Now, Goncalves’ family attorney has said that her family, as well as Mogen’s family, support the death penalty in this case following the Grizzly murders.

They are submitting notices expressing their desire to seek the death penalty at trial, NewsNation reports.

said Shanon Gray, the Goncalves family attorney NewsNation: “We spoke to the DA about the case, Mr. Thompson.” He will meet with each family individually and then make a decision based on that.

Best friends Kaylee (left) and Madison were found dead in bed next to each other

Kohberger sat in silence while Judge John Judge read his rights and reiterated that he faces the death penalty if found guilty of any of the murder charges, before repeatedly replying “yes” when asked if he understood

Steve and Kristi Goncalves, the parents of Kaylee Goncalves, who was killed in her college home

“So the Goncalves family obviously supports the death penalty in this case.”

This comes just days after Goncalves and Mogen’s families filed legal documents suggesting they could sue the city of Moscow for damages, according to May 3 and May 11 filings with the city.

Shanon Gray, an attorney representing the two families, told ABC News that while no lawsuit has yet been filed, the claims would allow them to sue within two years.

Shanon Gray (pictured), the Goncalves family lawyer, said: “The family obviously supports the death penalty in this case.”

Kohberger, who is accused of brutally stabbing four college students last November – leaving behind what police described as “the worst crime scene we’ve ever seen” – appeared in court in Moscow, Idaho, last week , where he refused to plead four counts of first-degree murder.

28-year-old criminology student Kohberger was expected to plead not guilty, but opted instead for Idaho’s “silence” plea, meaning he didn’t plead one way or the other, but did face court anyway can be asked.

The hearing date is October 2nd.

Experts said his refusal to enter a plea is a way for him to potentially keep the option of a plea deal open later in the trial.

Kohberger should have faced a preliminary hearing, but in a surprising twist announced last week, the Washington State University graduate student was indicted by an Idaho grand jury that heard the evidence in secret and decided to dismiss the case for a full to undergo negotiation.

Best friends Madison and Kaylee, both 21, and young couple Xana and Ethan, both 20, perished in the horror attack so violent that blood continued to drip from the walls of their rental home for days after the murder.

Police finally apprehended Kohberger during a raid on his parents’ home in Poconos Mountains, Pennsylvania on December 30, and he was flown back to Idaho on January 4 in a small Pilatus PC-12 turboprop plane.

Karen Caufield Laramie and Scott Laramie are seen with their daughter Madison, one of the victims of the Idaho home killings

Maddie Mogen (above), Kaylee Goncalves (left), Xana Kernodle (right) and Ethan Chapin (center) – all University of Idaho students – were stabbed to death on November 13 in the quiet college town of Moscow

Bryan Kohberger, 28, appeared in court in Moscow, Idaho last Monday, where he “remained silent” while filing a pleading. The judge pleaded not guilty on his behalf to the murders of four University of Idaho students

Ethan and Xana were found on the floor below, while Xana was discovered slumped on the floor of her bedroom in the off-campus house

Last Monday’s appearance, in which the 28-year-old appeared in court in orange jail jumpsuits and looking pale, is his first since he was officially charged in the killings in early January

Since his return to Gem State, the suspected killer has been held in the Latah County Jail. Prison sources told DailyMail.com that he spends his time obsessing over TV coverage of the case and has turned to God and met with a local vicar every Sunday.

Monday’s appearance, which saw the 28-year-old appear in court wearing orange prison jumpsuit and looking pale, is his first appearance since he was officially charged in the killings in early January.

Kohberger sat in silence while Judge John Judge read his rights and reiterated that he faces the death penalty if found guilty of any of the murder charges, before repeatedly replying “yes” when asked if he understood.

Then, as the four counts of murder and one count of burglary were read out by the judge, he sat flipping through his indictment and fidgeting in his seat before his attorney, Anne Taylor, told the judge that her client would be “silent” when asked for an answer.

The no-plead now means the case will go to court, with Taylor asking the judge to set a six-week trial, now set to begin October 2.

Watching were Madison’s father, Ben Mogen, and Kaylee’s parents, Steve and Kristi, both dressed in black, who looked sad and serious as their daughters’ names were heard in the crowded courtroom.

The November 13 murders shocked the small college town of Moscow, which had not had a murder in seven years, when Madison, Kaylee, Ethan and Xana were found dead in their beds.