BREAKING NEWS: BRYAN KOHBERGER PLEA DEAL
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 30 June 2025
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Summary
Accused quadruple murderer Bryan Kohberger has accepted a plea deal in the deaths of four University of Idaho students. A court hearing will be held Wednesday for Kohberger's change of plea. And the outrage from Idaho stabbing victim's families over Bryan Kohberger plea dea is heartbreaking
Kohberger, 30, is accused of killing Madison Mogen, 21, Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, in a 4 a.m. home invasion attack on Nov. 13, 2022. As part of his plea, he will apparently not have to explain himself or answer why he committed the crimes as part of the deal, according to a source close to the case.
The families feel victimized all over again and might never know what really happened the night of the murders,
Joining Nancy Grace today,
- Philip Dubé - Former Court-Appointed Counsel, Los Angeles County Public Defenders: Criminal & Constitutional Law, Forensics & Mental Health Advocacy
- Dr. John Delatorre - Licensed psychologist and mediator, specializing in forensic psychology, psychological consultant to Project Absents: a non-profit organization that searches for missing persons, resolutionfcs.com, Twitter, IG, and TikTok: @drjohndelatorre ;
- Sheryl McCollum- Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.org, Host of new podcast: Zone 7, Twitter: @ColdCaseTips
- Chris McDonough -Director At the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective, Worked over 300 Homicides in 25 year career, Trained the first Native American Homicide Task Force; & Host of YouTube channel, "The Interview Room" www.coldcasefoundation.org/chris-mcdonough ;
- Dr. Kendall Crowns- Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), NEW Podcast --- launching soon, Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
- Howard Blum - Author: "When The Night Comes Falling, A Requiem for The Idaho Student Murders", website: Howardblum.com INSTA: howard_blum_author TW/X: howardblum
- Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan", @JoScottForensic,
- Dave Mack- Crime Stories Investigative Reporter,
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Alert, hourly update. Breaking Crime News Now. |
| 0:04.2 | I'm Jennifer Gould. In a stunning development that sent shockwaves across the nation, |
| 0:10.0 | Brian Koberger, the man accused of savagely stabbing four University of Idaho students in November of 2022, |
| 0:18.0 | has accepted a plea deal that spares him from the death penalty. |
| 0:22.7 | The agreement ensures the former criminology PhD student will spend the rest of his life behind bars without any possibility of parole. |
| 0:33.1 | Koeburger 30 was charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary in the |
| 0:39.2 | brutal deaths of Madison Mogan, 21, Kaley Gonzalez, 21, Xana Kurnodal 20, and Ethan |
| 0:46.3 | Chapin 20. |
| 0:47.8 | The four students were found with fatal stab wounds in their off-campus, Moscow, Idaho rental home |
| 0:53.7 | during the early morning hours of November 13th, |
| 0:56.9 | 2022. Investigators believe they were attacked between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m., likely while sleeping, |
| 1:04.1 | with no signs of sexual assault reported by the coroner. This dramatic plea deal comes just weeks |
| 1:10.7 | before Coburgers' highly anticipated |
| 1:13.4 | trial was set to begin on August 4th, with opening statements set for August 18th. The timing |
| 1:20.3 | is particularly significant given recent setbacks for the defense. Judge Stephen Hippler |
| 1:26.3 | recently dealt a critical blow to Koberger's |
| 1:29.6 | legal team rejecting their alternate perpetrator theory, which attempted to implicate four |
| 1:35.5 | other individuals. The judge dismissed the theory as, quote, wild speculation, end quote, |
| 1:41.5 | emphasizing the complete lack of evidence, connecting those individuals to |
| 1:45.9 | the gruesome crime scene. Hipler also denied a defense request to delay the trial, despite |
| 1:51.8 | claims of slow discovery and intense public scrutiny threatening a fair trial. |
| 1:57.6 | Prosecutors have meticulously built a compelling case against Coburger. Their evidence |
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