Bryan Kohberger Pleads Guilty

48 Hours

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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After a surprise plea deal agreement, Bryan Kohberger appeared in court on Tuesday and admitted to killing four University of Idaho students: Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. 48 Hours correspondent Peter Van Sant and CBS News legal analyst Mary Fulginiti explain the significance of this latest court hearing and how it has affected the families of the victims. While some support the deal, others feel justice hasn't been served. As for motive, this remains a mystery. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you pleading guilty because you are guilty?
0:06.0	Yes.
0:07.0	What a moment. A guilty plea,
0:10.0	962 days in the making.
0:13.0	In the murder case that horrified the country,
0:16.0	Brian Coburger pleaded guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students as their anguished
0:23.2	loved ones looked on in a packed courtroom in Boise, Idaho. He did not react with emotion as he
0:30.8	communicated with the judge. As to count two, murder in the first degree as it relates to the murder of Madison, Mogan.
0:40.3	How do you plead guilty or not guilty?
0:42.3	Guilty.
0:43.3	As to count three, as it relates to murder in the first degree for the murder of Kaylee Gonzalves,
0:48.3	how do you plead guilty or not guilty?
0:50.3	Guilty.
0:51.3	As to count four, the first degree murder of Xana Kurnodal, pardon me, human being,
0:58.1	how do you plead guilty or not guilty?
0:59.8	Guilty. As to count five, the first-degree murder of Ethan Chapin, a human being, how do you
1:06.2	plead guilty or not guilty? Guilty.
1:08.0	This is what these four families of the victims had been longing to hear at admission of guilt
1:14.7	that Coburger had attacked their loved ones in their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho.
1:20.5	But family members were divided over whether justice was being fully served.
1:26.3	Some wanted him tried, convicted, and sentenced to death.
1:31.2	Coburger, who had been a Ph.D. candidate studying criminology at nearby Washington State
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