Kohberger has agreed to a plea deal just weeks before his trial for the murders of four University of Idaho students was set to begin.

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.

As a judge is poised to decide whether Bryan Kohberger can accept a plea deal that would allow him to avoid the death penalty in the 2022 killings of four Idaho college students, one victim’s father says he views the deal as a relief from the pain and spectacle of a trial,

The state is showing BK mercy by removing the death penalty. BK did not show Kaylee ANY mercy,” the Goncalves family wrote.

Bryan Kohberger appeared expressionless as a judge asked if he murdered four Idaho college students in their off-campus home, answering “yes” to each name called out in the courtroom Wednesday.

Kaylee Goncalves’ parents have revealed a harrowing detail about their daughter's final moments at the hands of Bryan Kohberger.