Shawn Laval Smith, 34, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday for the 2022 killing of 24-year-old Brianna Kupfer.

The murderer of 24-year-old UCLA grad student Brianna Kupfer was sentenced to life in prison without parole, Dist. Atty. George Gascón announced Wednesday.

The deranged homeless man who stabbed UCLA student Briana Kupfer to death while hunting a random victim has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole — with the slain woman’s dad calling him “beyond evil.

Brianna Kupfer, 24, was working alone when she was fatally stabbed by Shawn Laval Smith in Jan. 2022, a murder that was captured in a chilling audio recording made by her killer

The judge cited jailhouse calls, including one in which the defendant said, “All I got to do is play crazy. And then they’ll drop and dismiss the case that way.”