Overview

• Kohberger agreed to plead guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in exchange for prosecutors dropping pursuit of the death penalty.
• Under the plea deal, he will receive four consecutive life sentences without parole or the right to appeal.
• The agreement comes weeks before an August trial date, with the formal change-of-plea hearing set for July 2 and sentencing expected later in July.
• Investigators linked Kohberger to the November 2022 killings through DNA recovered from a knife sheath and cellphone location records placing him near the victims’ home.
• Families of the victims have voiced outrage over the deal, with Kaylee Goncalves’s relatives saying the state failed to secure justice through a full trial.