Overview

• Jim and Stacy Chapin said sparing their triplet children from trial was a key reason they backed the deal waiving the death penalty and any appeals.
• The Chapins described feeling “big-time closure” after witnessing Bryan Kohberger’s July 2 guilty plea to four counts of first-degree murder and burglary.
• While the Chapins and Madison Mogen’s family have endorsed the agreement, Kaylee Goncalves’s and Xana Kernodle’s relatives have criticized the deal for avoiding capital punishment.
• An excerpt from James Patterson and Vicky Ward’s new book recounts how investigators used genetic genealogy and cell-phone data to identify Kohberger, yet no motive has emerged.
• Kohberger is due to be sentenced on July 23 in Boise, where he faces four consecutive life terms without parole.