Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of brutally murdering four University of Idaho students in a cold-blooded home invasion, has accepted a plea deal that will spare him the death penalty, according to Fox News.
The 30-year-old suspect, once a Ph.D. student in criminology at Washington State University, just 10 miles from the crime scene in Moscow, Idaho, will now plead guilty to the horrifying November 13, 2022, slayings of Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20.
The victims, all promising young students, were savagely stabbed to death in the early morning hours as they slept or tried to flee. According to investigators, Kohberger left behind a critical piece of evidence—a Ka-Bar knife sheath allegedly bearing his DNA—found next to Mogen’s body. That DNA find helped crack open the case and turned the focus to a man who, ironically, was studying the minds of criminals.
Kohberger’s plea deal marks a stunning development in a case that shook the nation and exposed major concerns about safety on college campuses. While some are relieved that families may soon find closure, others are enraged that such a brutal killer may escape the ultimate punishment.
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