Bryan Kohberger is in the Court where he is expected to be guilty of all positions in the murders of four students of the Idaho University, despite the initial eagerness of the former Criminology student of being exonerated in the case of high profile.
Kohberger-who was accused of four first-degree murder positions and a robbery charge in relation to the 2022 murders of fellow Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen and Xana Kernodle and Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, will save the penalty of death as part of the statement, according to a letter sent to the relatives of the victims.
A photo published by Kaylee Goncalves a few days before their deaths show the students of the University of Idaho Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves.
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He will be sentenced to four consecutive life imprisonment sentences for murder counts and the maximum fine of 10 years in the robbery count, according to the agreement.
Kohberger will also renounce everything right to appeal, according to the agreement.
Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of fatally stabbing four students from the Idaho University, is escorted to the Court for a hearing in the District Court of County of Latah, on September 13, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho.
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The plea occurs only weeks before Kohberger’s trial out of starting. The jury selection began on August 4 and the opening arguments were scheduled for August 18.
Prosecutors, who met with the families of the victims last week, described the plea as a “sincere attempt to seek justice” for families.
But the 21 -year -old victim’s father, Kaylee Goncalves, is exploiting the movement, accusing prosecutors of mismanagement and hurrying the guilt agreement.
Steve Goncalves said on Wednesday outside the Court that the Prosecutor’s Office “reached an agreement with the devil.”
Steve Goncalves, father of one of the four students of the University of Idaho stabbed until death in 2022, reacts to the expected guilt supplication of the suspect Bryan Kohberger, outside the Ada Count Court in Boise, Idaho, July 2, 2025.
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On this video screen, the Goncalves family arrives at Ada’s County Palace for Bryan Kohberger Plea Deal on July 2, 2025, in Boise, Idaho.
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The Goncalves family told ABC News that they contacted prosecutors on Tuesday that they asked that the terms of the Kohberger agreement be modified to include additional requirements: they requested a complete confession and the location of the alleged homicide weapon, described by the authorities as a Ka-Bar-style hunting knife, which has never been found.
The family said prosecutors rejected the request, explaining that an offer already accepted by the defendant could not be changed ethically. The family said prosecutors indicated that they are asking the court to allow the Prosecutor to include an objective summary of the evidence against Kohberger at Wednesday’s hearing, and that more information about Kohberger’s actions would be presented at his sentence hearing.
The 20 -year -old victim’s family Ethan Chapin said in a brief statement that they are at the hearing “in support of the guilt treatment.” This is the first appearance of the Chapins in court since their son was killed.
Ethan Chapin’s family, including Mother Stacy Chapin and Father Jim Chapin, walk to the Ada County Palace for the hearing of Bryan Kohberger’s guilt declaration on July 2, 2025, in Boise, Idaho.
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The Idaho Law requires that the State provide to the victims of violent crimes or their families the opportunity to communicate with prosecutors and to be informed of any proposed guilt offer before holding an agreement, but the final decision falls only to the prosecution.
Kohberger’s parents are also in Boise for the audience, their first time in court with their son since their arrest in Pennsylvania more than two years ago. The Kohberger family lawyers said in a statement on Tuesday: “The Kohbergers are asking members of the media, respect, respect and responsible judgment during this time. We will continue allowing the legal process to develop with respect to all parties.”
People wait in line to obtain seats for the hearing of the guilt hearing of Bryan Kohberger outside the Palace of Justice of Ada County on July 2, 2025, in Boise, Idaho.
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Prosecutors claim that Kohberger fatally stabbed Goncalves, Mogen, Kernodle and Chapin at home outside the Student Campus in the early hours of November 13, 2022.
According to the documents, two roommates in the house, including a roommate who told the authorities in the middle of the night that saw a man passing next to her at home, according to judicial documents. The fourth partner described the intruder as “not very muscular, but athically built with dense eyebrows,” according to the documents.
Four students from the Idaho University were killed in a house outside the campus in King Road in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022.
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Kohberger, who was studying for a PH.D. In Criminology at the nearby State University of Washington at the time of crime, he was arrested at his parents’ house in Pennsylvania in December 2022.
The defense lawyers said that Kohberger was driving only the night of the murders.
A key evidence against Kohberger is his DNA, which was found in a knife pod left by one of the victim’s bodies, prosecutors said. Kohberger’s defense lawyers sought to exclude DNA evidence, but the judge denied his request.
