Overview

• Kohberger will plead guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and a burglary charge in exchange for prosecutors dropping their pursuit of the death penalty.
• He faces four consecutive life sentences plus up to ten years on the burglary count, with no possibility of parole or appeal.
• The plea deal replaces the trial originally scheduled for August 2025 and moves the case directly to sentencing.
• Investigators built their case using DNA found on a knife sheath, cellphone records, and surveillance footage of a white Hyundai Elantra linked to Kohberger.
• Families of the victims, especially Kaylee Goncalves’s, have expressed fury and requested more time before the plea hearing, saying they were excluded from the late-stage agreement.