You're tuned in to our 4th of July 2025 flashback weekend to look back at some of the biggest

stories we've been covering for you so far in 2025. What you're about to hear is a previous broadcast.

This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Bruske and continuing coverage of the case against Brian Koberger.

All right. Picture this. You're a family who just lost your daughter in the most horrific way

imaginable. You spent two and a half years preparing yourself mentally for a trial, for justice, for answers.

Then on a random Sunday night, you get an email, not a phone call, not a meeting, an email,

telling you that the guy who allegedly murdered your kid just cut a deal to save his own life.

That is exactly what happened to the families of Kaylee Gonzalez, Madison, Mogan, Zanernerkernudal, and Ethan Chapin,

who prosecutors in Idaho decided to play the, let's make a deal with Brian Coburger.

And before we dive into this absolute dumpster fire of a prosecutorial decision-making nightmare,

let me just say that if you're new here, buckle up, because this story has everything.

We got a criminology PhD student who allegedly decided to take his studies a little too literal.

Families who are rightfully losing their minds.

And prosecutors who apparently think victim notification means sending a PDF on a Sunday night like they're dropping a Beyonce album.

So let's rewind to November.

All the way back to November 13th of 2022, almost three years ago now, when four University

of Idaho students were brutally murdered in their off-campus home.

We're talking about young people with their whole lives ahead of them.

Kaylee and Madison were best friends since sixth grade, just weeks from graduation,

planning to move to Austin together.

Zana was dating Ethan, who was just visiting that night from his fraternity house.

These weren't random victims.

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