Bryan Kohberger, 30, previously pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and burglary charges in a gruesome multiple homicide in 2022 that stunned the small college town of Moscow in northwestern Idaho and drew national media attention.
At the time of the killings, Kohberger was pursuing a PhD in criminal justice at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, a short distance from Moscow, where the four victims were enrolled as undergraduates at the University of Idaho.
Three of the roommates - Xana Kernodle, 20, of Avondale, Arizona; Madison Mogen, 21, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; and Kaylee Goncalves, 21, of Rathdrum, Idaho - were found slain inside the house along with Kernodle’s boyfriend, Ethan Chapin, 20, of Conway, Washington.
Kernodle and Chapin had attended a party the night before, while best friends Mogen and Goncalves had visited a local bar and food truck, with all four returning to the house before 2 a.m. Their bodies were found hours later that morning.
According to an affidavit unsealed in January, one of the surviving roommates told investigators she heard someone crying in one of the victims’ bedrooms on the night of the murders and opened her door to see a masked man, clad in black, walk past her and out of the house.
The affidavit said police linked Kohberger to the murders using DNA, cell phone data and video footage. He was arrested weeks after the killings in Pennsylvania, where he was visiting family, and was returned to Idaho to face charges.
ABC News reported the plea agreement calls for Kohberger to face four consecutive life terms and to waive his right to appeal.
Citing a notice to the victims’ families about the deal, ABC News reported that prosecutors expect Kohberger to be sentenced in late July if he enters the guilty plea as planned at Wednesday’s hearing.
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