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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