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Bryan Kohberger admits to slaughtering 4 Idaho college students as they slept

LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO, JUL 2 – Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty, receiving four life sentences without parole in the fatal stabbing of four University of Idaho students in 2022.

  • Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in connection with the killings of four University of Idaho students in November 2022.
  • Kohberger reached a plea deal that avoids the death penalty and includes four consecutive life sentences plus an additional 10 years for burglary.
  • The families of victims Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen expressed mixed reactions to the plea agreement, with some supporting it while the Goncalves family opposed it strongly, wanting a trial instead.
  • Kohberger's formal sentencing is set for July, with no possibility of appeal as part of the deal.
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A Q-tip, spotless car were key evidence linking Kohberger to murders of 4 Idaho students

The man charged with killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 pleaded guilty this week. Here's what we learned from the hearing.

·Omaha, United States
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Bryan Kohberger confessed to being the perpetrator of the crimes, thus avoiding capital punishment, the details of the early morning horror in which he murdered four young people.

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Court TV broke the news in on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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