Bryan Kohberger traded death penalty for life sentence that could still end violently behind bars
LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO, JUL 9 – Bryan Kohberger accepted a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, receiving four consecutive life sentences without parole for the stabbing murders of four University of Idaho students.
- On July 1, 2025, Bryan Kohberger entered a guilty plea to burglary and to murder charges involving four first-degree killings that occurred in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022.
- The plea followed nearly three years since Kohberger's arrest amid repeated trial delays and aimed to avoid a costly, lengthy death penalty trial.
- Kohberger admitted unlawfully entering a King Road house and killing students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin without explanation.
- He will serve consecutive life sentences for murders plus a 10-year burglary sentence, and the sentencing hearing is scheduled for July 23 with families' impact statements.
- While the plea formally ends the case, families express mixed feelings about closure, and experts note fewer trials weaken public justice but bring efficient resolutions.
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