Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to University of Idaho student murders to avoid death penalty: report

New York Post ^ | June 30, 2025 | Jared Downing

[BradtotheBone]

Bryan Kohberger has reportedly accepted a plea deal, agreeing to cop to the vicious murders of four University of Idaho undergrads in 2022.

The deal will make Kohberger safe from the death penalty, but he must plead guilty to four murders and waive his right to appeal, and he will serve life in prison without the possibility of parole, NewsNation reported.

The deal is a shocking twist in a hard-fought case in which prosecutors accused Kohberger of sneaking into a rental home in nearby Moscow, Idaho, and fatally stabbing Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves.

[Jonty30]

He probably found that he couldn’t do the insanity path.

[SkyDancer]

Jail him in solitary for life. LWOP!

[TornadoAlley3]

He will have to waive all appeals. His life will probably be ended by a fellow inmate.

[Deo volente]

Part of me is glad. We will avoid the inevitable drawn-out circus in the courtroom and the three or four decades of appeals of the death sentence. This way, he can rot in prison and the family has some closure. No appeals. Just forget about him.

[Billthedrill]

Defense has seen all the evidence by now.

[shanover]

Always cowards in the end.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Why a plea deal? Seemed like an open and shut case for a conviction and death. This is SO disappointing.

[NautiNurse]

We will avoid the inevitable drawn-out circus in the courtroom

Court TV must be sorely disappointed. They have been revving up for the August trial for weeks.

[PghBaldy]

I am shocked. Did not think he would plead guilty.

[NautiNurse]

FWIW—I heard that Kohberger’s mother is an anti-death penalty activist.

[lodi90]

He probably has no more money for lawyers.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Still have the Momma Adelson trial...

[CFW]

I hope justice is delivered in prison.

[Lurker]

No.

He needs to die.

L

[shelterguy]

“””Why a plea deal? Seemed like an open and shut case for a conviction and death. This is SO disappointing.”””

It just takes one juror to tank it.

[daler]

And the families need to know why he did what he did to their beloved children.

[virgil]

Did they ever get to the motive why he did it?

[Seruzawa]

They will appeal anyhow, I bet.

[chief lee runamok]

"His life will probably be ended by a fellow inmate."

His butt is going to be too sore to sit on until his timely demise.