Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.

Kohberger has agreed to a plea deal just weeks before his trial for the murders of four University of Idaho students was set to begin.

As a judge is poised to decide whether Bryan Kohberger can accept a plea deal that would allow him to avoid the death penalty in the 2022 killings of four Idaho college students, one victim’s father says he views the deal as a relief from the pain and spectacle of a trial,

The sister of one of the four University of Idaho students slain in their off-campus home blasted the “shocking and cruel” plea deal that will spare the life of accused killer Brian

Unpacking Bryan Kohberger’s guilty plea deal to avoid death penalty in Idaho student killings By . Emma Tucker. Updated Jul 3, 2025, 8:35 PM ET. PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2025, 3:30 AM ET.

The state is showing BK mercy by removing the death penalty. BK did not show Kaylee ANY mercy,” the Goncalves family wrote.