US EditionIdaho victim's family demands Kohberger confess in court after plea deal decision: 'Full accountability'
- Bryan Kohberger accepted a plea deal in Boise, pleading guilty to four counts of murder to avoid the death penalty, as families express outrage over the rushed process.
- Kohberger's defense failed to exclude DNA evidence and sought to remove the death penalty, but the plea was accepted just weeks before the scheduled August trial.
- Prosecutors presented DNA evidence matching Kohberger on a knife sheath, along with cellphone data and surveillance footage linking him to the victims’ neighborhood.
- The Goncalves family reacted with fury, criticizing the rushed plea deal and lack of input from victims’ families on Facebook.
- Beyond the plea, sentencing is scheduled for July 23 at Latah County District Court, with Marcy’s Law requiring family notification and ensuring victims’ rights are upheld.
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Idaho murder victim families frustrated at not being consulted in Kohberger plea deal
Steve Gonvalves, father of Idaho murder victim Kaylee Goncalves, spoke to the press outside of the Idaho courthouse after a plea deal was offered and accepted by Bryan Kohberger on Monday. Gonvalves, along with the other four families, was enraged that they were not consulted on the terms of the plea deal that would sentence Kohberger to a lifetime in prison. He claimed that the prosecuting attorney did not give "the common courtesy to negotiate…
Nancy Grace Erupts Over Prosecution Leaving Idaho Victims’ Families ‘Out Of The Equation’
‘A Letter? Really?’ Former HLN host Nancy Grace tore into “weak” Idaho prosecutors Wednesday, saying they left the families of four murdered college students “out of the equation” when making a plea-bargain in a quadruple-murder case. Bryan Kohberger accepted a plea bargain Monday on four counts of first-degree murder of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and […] Nancy Grace Erupts Over Prosecution Leaving Idaho Victims’ Families ‘Ou…
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