Overview

• Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty on July 2 and was sentenced on July 23 to life without parole under an agreement removing the death penalty option
• Law enforcement sources say he switched to cash transactions, wore gloves and wiped data from his devices in the days after the November 2022 killings
• The FBI matched Kohberger’s DNA to a leather knife sheath found at the off-campus Moscow, Idaho, residence where four University of Idaho students were fatally stabbed
• Investigators confirmed there was no prior connection—no texts, photos or social media links—between Kohberger and the victims or the two roommates who survived
• Prosecutors concede that Kohberger’s motive may never be known, leaving families and the community still seeking answers