Bryan Kohberger confesses to Idaho student murders and receives life sentences

10 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 2

At his July 23, 2025 Boise sentencing, he admitted killing Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, and was given four consecutive life terms plus 10 years.
Investigators said they still found no motive for the November 2022 stabbings in Moscow, Idaho, after Kohberger accepted a plea deal that spared him a possible death penalty trial.
A new book says his mother told FBI agents after his 2022 Pennsylvania arrest that police had made a mistake and described her son as an "angel" with no anger issues.

Did his criminology studies provide the blueprint for murder, or was it a twisted form of research?

With 13 complaints filed, could Washington State University have prevented the Idaho student murders?

Could an expert's claim of a second killer and flawed evidence have changed the Idaho murders verdict?