BREAKING NEWS Bryan Kohberger accepts plea deal in Idaho murders case after prospection proposes dropping death penalty
Quadruple homicide suspect Bryan Kohberger has accepted a plea deal in the horrific slaying of four University of Idaho students.
Kohberger, 30, will now plead guilty to the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in their off-campus home in November 2022. He will also admit a burglary charge stemming from the same incident.
Idaho prosecutors have agreed to drop the death penalty in exchange for his plea, according to News Nation.
Instead, Kohberger must agree to spend life in prison without the possibility of parole for the grisly murders that captivated America three years ago.
The former criminology grad student had previously pleaded not guilty to the slayings, and is now scheduled to issue a change of plea in court on Wednesday.
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