Bryan Kohberger
PhD student charged with 4 counts 1st-degree murder; trial set for 2025
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In the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, four University of Idaho students—Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle—were fatally stabbed in an off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho. On December 30, authorities arrested 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, on four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary.
Sources: Wikipedia: 2022 University of Idaho murders
Legal History
Jul 2025
Pleaded guilty to all four counts of first-degree murder
Kohberger entered a guilty plea to all four murder counts to avoid the death penalty. Under the plea deal, he was sentenced to four consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.
ABC NewsJan 2023
Charged with 4 counts first-degree murder (Idaho)
Latah County prosecutors charged Kohberger with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary for the November 13, 2022 killings of four University of Idaho students: Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.
AP NewsDec 2022
Arrested in Pullman, WA — extradited to Idaho
Kohberger was arrested at his parents' home in Monroe County, Pennsylvania after a 6-week manhunt. Investigators used cell phone data and DNA to identify him. He was extradited to Idaho on January 4, 2023.
AP News
