Overview

• Kohberger entered guilty pleas on July 2 for the November 2022 killings of University of Idaho students Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen.
• His agreement with Latah County prosecutors bars the state from seeking capital punishment and calls for four back-to-back life terms without parole.
• His sentencing hearing is slated for July 23, when Judge Steven Hippler is expected to impose those life sentences and formally end the case.
• Victims’ families, especially the Goncalves, have denounced the plea deal and shared graphic new accounts of Kaylee’s final moments.
• Investigators credited genetic genealogy—linking DNA from a knife sheath and a discarded Q-tip—to Kohberger’s arrest, though his motive remains unresolved.