Brian Kohberger recognizes the murders of Idaho students in a deal to avoid death penalty

A 30-year-old man has admitted that he killed four roommates in a small town of Idaho in 2022 as part of the legal basis agreement to avoid the death penalty.

Brian Kohberger, a former doctoral student, was ready to be tested in August because of the attacks that shocked America.

During a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Stephen Hipler read the details of the agreement, including that Kohberger refused to appeal or seek indulgence.

Kaylee Gonkalvs, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodel and Madison Mogen were killed at their home outside the campus in Moscow, in November 2022. The two in the House, Vitani Funk and Dylan Mortenssen, survived.

– Is he praying for guilty because you are guilty? asked Judge Hipler.

“Yes,” Kohberger replied.

Kohberger had previously been admitted that he was not guilty.

Before the proceedings began, the judge stated that his service had received numerous messages and voice communications from public members who seek to “influence my decision -making.”

He said he had not read or listened to any of the messages and urged people to stop sending them.

The judge then read the allegations against Kohberger, a burglary census, which brings a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and four first -degree murder charges, who carry a maximum sentence for prison life.

Kohberger pleaded guilty to all charges.

Judge Hipler said he would be officially sentenced on July 23. He is expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

The legal basis agreement means lengthy issues that may have been studied during the test, with Kohberger’s motives remaining unanswered.

During the hearing, the prosecutor Bill Thompson told the court that Kohberger planned the attack by buying a knife online about eight months before the killings.

The blade’s joke was restored, but the weapon itself was never found.

The prosecutor said there was no evidence of a “sexual component” of killings.

Some of the court seemed emotional as the names of the victims were read. Kochberger remained fearless, including when he admitted that he had killed the four victims.

The brutal nature of the killings, the age of the victims and the origin of suspect in criminology have aroused intense public interest in the case.

The legal basis agreement divides the victims’ families.

Outside the court, Kylie Gonkalvs’s father, Steve, said he was “pretty released”.

He said the state “made a deal with the devil”.

The family wanted full recognition, including details of the location of the murder weapon and confirming that the defendant acted alone.

However, Madison Mogen’s mother and stepmother said they were supporting the legal basis agreement.

In a statement read by their lawyer, they expressed gratitude to everyone who supported them for the “successful result”.

“We support the 100%legal basis,” the lawyer said. “We turn from tragedy and mourning … to the light of the future. We have a closure.”

Kochberger, who was a student at a nearby State University of Washington, was accused of January 2023.

He is not thought to know the victims personally.

The defendant was arrested at his family’s home in Pennsylvania weeks after the stabs after investigators said they had found DNA evidence of a “leather wrap of a knife” at the crime scene. He was accused by a large jury in May 2023.

The court documents revealed that the police had restored a knife, a Glock pistol, black gloves, a black hat and a black face mask while searching for Kohberger’s family home.

His defense team questioned the accuracy of DNA’s evidence and managed to run for the move to the site of the test after claiming that their client would not receive a fair hearing from local jurors.

But they failed to remove the death penalty as an option for sentence after citing a diagnosis of autism for Kohberger.

Idaho is one of 27 US countries that allows the death penalty but has no execution since 2012, according to a database from the Information Center for the death penalty.