Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, is expected to take a plea deal, according to several reports.
Sources confirmed to NewsNation’s Brian Entin that the prosecution had proposed dropping the death penalty in exchange for Kohberger pleading guilty to committing the four murders and serving life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The 30-year-old will be sentenced to four consecutive life sentences and waives all right to appeal, ABC News reported.
A hearing for a change of plea will be held on Wednesday.
Kohberger is accused of killing Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves, four University of Idaho students who were found stabbed to death at an off-campus home in Moscow in November 2022.
Weeks later, he was arrested in Pennsylvania after police allegedly linked him to the crime scene using DNA recovered from a knife sheath, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Investigators also traced his location using his cell phone and obtained surveillance video showing a car appearing to be the same make and model as his driving away from the scene of the murders.
