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Inside the Surprise Idaho Murders Plea Deal That Left Some Families Fuming

After two and a half years of legal wrangling, prosecutors and lawyers for the defendant, Bryan Kohberger, reached a deal just weeks before his trial was set to begin.

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A flyer seeking information about the killings of four University of Idaho students is displayed along with buttons and bracelets during a vigil in Moscow, Idaho, in 2022.

Bryan Kohberger Pleads Guilty to Killing 4 Idaho Students

Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the 2022 murders that shook the University of Idaho campus. Under a plea agreement, he avoids the death penalty.

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Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students, appears at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday.

Bryan Kohberger, Suspect in Idaho Student Murders, Accepts Plea Deal

Bryan Kohberger, a former criminology student, is charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. Prosecutors said they had reached a plea agreement that avoids the death penalty.

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A Latah County sheriff’s deputy watching over the home where four University of Idaho students were found dead near campus in Moscow, Idaho, in 2022.
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