Bryan Kohberger admits murders of Idaho students in deal to avoid death penalty

Bryan Kohberger, a former criminology student, is set to receive a life sentence for the 2022 murders in a case that shocked America.

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Bryan Kohberger, a former PhD criminology student, was set to stand trial in August over the attacks that shocked America.

During a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Steven Hippler read the details of the agreement, including that Kohberger waived his right to appeal or seek leniency.

Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen were killed in their off-campus home in the city of Moscow, in November 2022. The two others in the house, Bethany Funke and Dylan Mortensen, survived.

"Are you pleading guilty because you are guilty?" Judge Hippler asked the defendant.