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Big Question for Kohberger: Will He Explain Himself?

Admitted Idaho murderer could tell victims' families why he did it—but has no incentive to do so

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty earlier this month in the murders of Idaho college students Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin after two years of claiming his innocence. The move avoided the death penalty in the Nov. 13, 2022, stabbings, but Kohberger faces his sentencing—and the victims'...

Idaho Victim's Mom Sees 'Lord's Hand' in Plea Deal

Xana Kernodle's mom is now supportive of it

(Newser) - The mother of slain University of Idaho student Xana Kernodle says she's found an unexpected sense of peace in the plea deal that ended her daughter's high-profile murder case. In her first public comments on Bryan Kohberger's deal, Cara Northington told Fox News she initially felt...

Victim's Father Speaks Out After Kohberger's Guilty Plea

'I'm sorry Kaylee,' Steve Goncalves says

(Newser) - After Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering four University of Idaho students, the father of one of the victims apologized to his daughter. Before the hearing, Steve Goncalves, father of Kaylee Goncalves, criticized the plea deal, which allowed Kohberger to avoid the death penalty. "It's my mistake....

Kohberger Admits His Guilt in Idaho Slayings

Judge accepts his plea

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger on Wednesday pleaded guilty as part of a deal that has allowed him to avoid the death penalty. In doing so, he waived his right to appeal. "Are you pleading guilty because you are guilty?" District Court Judge Steven Hippler asked him prior to accepting his plea....

Slain Student's Family Wanted Kohberger's Deal Amended

Prosecutors said they couldn't ethically make changes at this point

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger is due in court on Wednesday, where he is expected to plead guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in the killings of four University of Idaho students. Assuming he does so, he will be sentenced to four consecutive life sentences in late...

Kohberger Agrees to Plea Deal in Idaho Students' Slayings

Family of one victim says, 'We are beyond furious'

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger, who's charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in 2022, has agreed to a plea deal that would let the 30-year-old avoid a murder trial and the possibility of the death penalty. One of the victims' family members was informed of the deal in...

Bad News for Witnesses in Kohberger Case

Judge orders them to travel to Idaho to testify in murder trial, despite claims of hardship over travel

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania judge has ordered that reluctant witnesses must travel to Idaho this summer to testify in the murder trial of Bryan Kohberger, who's accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022. The victims—Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Ethan Chapin, and Kaylee Goncalves—were found...

Idaho Judge Rejects Bryan Kohberger's Delay Request

Judge also denied defense request to present 'alternate perpetrators' to jury

(Newser) - An Idaho judge says he won't postpone the quadruple murder trial of a man accused in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. Fourth District Judge Steven Hippler made the ruling Thursday, telling Bryan Kohberger's attorneys that jury selection will begin Aug. 4 and opening arguments...

DoorDash Driver Says She Saw Kohberger

'I parked right next to him,' woman says in newly emerged police bodycam video

(Newser) - A new witness has emerged in the Idaho student murders case, potentially complicating the upcoming trial for Bryan Kohberger. A woman claiming to have been the DoorDash driver who delivered food to one of the victims just minutes before the November 2022 killings says she saw Kohberger at the...

Judge Would Allow Execution in Idaho Killings Despite Diagnosis

Prosecution argued Bryan Kohberger's mild autism includes no intellectual impairment

(Newser) - A judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors can pursue the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger if he is convicted of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022, despite the defendant's recent autism diagnosis. Kohberger, 30, is charged in the stabbing deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and...

Prosecutors Reveal How Kohberger's Defense Will Explain Knife Sheath

Defense will argue sheath could have been planted at the scene, prosecutors say

(Newser) - Prosecutors say DNA on a knife sheath found at the scene of the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students belongs to suspected killer Bryan Kohberger. In a new filing from the state seen by CNN , prosecutors say that instead of challenging that finding, Kohberger's defense plans to...

Texts Reveal Panic Inside Idaho Murder House

A surviving roommate, who was drunk, described seeing masked man walk by her room

(Newser) - Newly unsealed court documents reveal what two young women were up to around the time four fellow University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in their off-campus home. "I'm freaking out," Dylan Mortensen wrote to Bethany Funke after 4am on Nov. 13, 2022, eight hours before...

With Murder House Demolished, Prosecutors Turn to a Model

New filings reveal efforts to hamper Bryan Kohberger defense team

(Newser) - The house in which four University of Idaho students were stabbed to death in 2022 has been torn down , but no matter: Prosecutors plan to present at trial a 3D model of the three-story home that will be built by the FBI. "This model will consist of three levels...

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New Setback for Idaho Murder Suspect

Idaho judge denies request by legal team for Bryan Kohberger that genetic evidence in case be tossed

(Newser) - An Idaho judge has denied defense lawyers their request to suppress key genetic evidence in the case of Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger, accused of killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022. Per the AP , Judge Steven Hippler wasn't moved on Wednesday by the arguments of Kohberger'...

Kohberger Was Investigated in an Earlier Home Invasion

Legal analyst suggests that case will become an issue in Idaho murder trial

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, was investigated in a home invasion a year before the slayings, police said. ABC News reports that body camera footage shows police responding to a report of a home invasion less than 10 miles from where...

For Bryan Kohberger, Death Is on the Table

Judge denies University of Idaho murder suspect's claim arguing the punishment is 'cruel'

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger could face the death penalty when he goes on trial next summer for the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students found stabbed to death in an off-campus home. Kohberger's defense team sought to block the death penalty as a possible punishment, arguing death by lethal...

Judge Grants Kohberger's Request for a Venue Change

Suspect's lawyer cited 'mob mentality' in Idaho town where four students were murdered

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger will not be put on trial in Moscow, Idaho, where he is accused of murdering four University of Idaho students in 2022. A judge has granted the suspect's request for a venue change, with the trial location to be determined by the state's Supreme Court, the...

Victim's Family Reacts to Kohberger's Alibi

'We feel even more confident in the prosecution,' says family of Kaylee Goncalves

(Newser) - Relief might seem like a strange response from a murder victim's family to the alleged killer sharing details of his alibi . But that's what the family of Kaylee Goncalves, one of four University of Idaho students found murdered in a Moscow home in 2022, felt upon learning the...

Kohberger Wasn't Near Scene of Idaho Slayings: Lawyers

Defense team gets more specific on the alibi for suspect in Idaho slayings

(Newser) - The man accused of the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022 was nowhere near the scene of the crime when it took place, according to a new court filing from his defense team. Bryan Kohberger's lawyers put forward this alibi last year , and the new...

Bryan Kohberger's Lawyers Get Access to Murder House

The home in Idaho is being torn down this month

(Newser) - Bryan Kohberger's legal team has gained access to the home where he allegedly murdered four University of Idaho students in the early hours of Nov. 13, 2022. The defense indicated they may take photographs, measurements, and drone footage of the house on King Road in Moscow, which is to...

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