Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to Idaho murders

Bryan Kohberger has pleaded guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students in On Wednesday at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise Judge Steven Hippler approved a plea agreement that spares Kohberger from the death penalty In exchange he will serve four consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole As part of the agreement Kohberger pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary A formal sentencing date has not yet been set IDAHO MURDERS TIMELINE BRYAN KOHBERGER PLEA CAPS YEARSLONG QUEST FOR JUSTICEThe event has drawn national attention since the early morning hours of Nov when four students Ethan Chapin Madison Mogen Xana Kernodle and Kaylee Goncalves were determined stabbed to death in an off-campus rental home in Moscow Idaho Kohberger a former Ph D criminology participant at nearby Washington State University was arrested in Dec after a cross-country research According to court documents DNA from a knife sheath left at the crime scene matched Kohberger s and cellphone figures placed him near the casualties house multiple times before the killings Surveillance footage also captured a white Hyundai Elantra in the area BRYAN KOHBERGER EXPECTED TO OFFICIALLY PLEAD GUILTY WHAT S NEXTKohberger was indicted by a grand jury in May and had initially pleaded not guilty Prosecutors later reported their intent to seek the death penalty citing the heinous nature of the crimes However on Wednesday Kohberger agreed to a plea