Bryan Kohberger accepts plea deal in Idaho student murders case, agreeing to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding death penalty for killing four college students in 2022
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IdahostudentmurderssuspectBryanKohbergerhasacceptedapleadealtosparehislifeinthemurdersoffourUniversityofIdahostudents,twosourcesclosetothecasetoldFoxNewsDigitalMonday.
Kohberger,30,isaccusedofkillingMadisonMogen,21,KayleeGoncalves,21,XanaKernodle,20,andEthanChapin,20,ina4a.m.homeinvasionattackonNov.13,2022.
Goncalves’family,inaFacebookpageherparentscreatedafterthemurders,condemnedthedeal,whichsparesKohberger’slife.
“WearebeyondfuriousattheStateofIdaho,”anewpostreads.“Theyhavefailedus.Pleasegiveussometime.Thiswasveryunexpected.”
BRYANKOHBERGERRETURNSTOCOURTFORHEARINGONPILEOFEVIDENCEHEWANTSTHROWNOUTBEFORETRIAL
Allfourhadbeenstabbedmultipletimeswithalargeknife.PolicerecoveredaKa-BarsheaththattheyallegehadKohberger’sDNAonitnearMogen’sbody.
KohbergerwasstudyingforaPh.D.incriminologyatWashingtonS