Prosecutors have reportedly offered a plea deal to Bryan Kohberger, the former criminology student charged with killing four University of Idaho students in their off-campus rental in 2022.
NewsNation reported that prosecutors have proposed dropping the death penalty in return for Kohberger’s guilty plea.
He is charged with four counts of murder in the deaths of Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves on November 13, 2022, and one count of burglary.
Kohberger, 30, has reportedly accepted the plea deal, which will see him sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He also waives his right to appeal.
NewsNation cites unnamed sources for the information. ABC News reported that the information was contained in a letter sent to the victims’ families.
The Goncalves family confirmed the news with a Facebook post that said they were “beyond furious at the State of Idaho” who “have failed us.”
A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, ABC reported, when he is expected to change his plea from not guilty. He will be sentenced to four consecutive life sentences.
Kohberger’s trial was expected to begin in August.
The four University of Idaho students were brutally slain in the early hours of November 13, 2022. Kohberger was arrested six weeks later at his parents home in Pennsylvania, where he had traveled for the Christmas holidays from Pullman, Washington — about 10 miles from Moscow — where he was attending Washington State University.
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[Featured image: Bryan Kohberger/Ada County Sheriff’s Office]
