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Who Killed...?

Closure or Cowardice? The Fallout from Koberger's Plea Deal

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back. Summer hiatus is officially over. As I retrurned to the mic this week I wanted to get a breakdown of the plea in the Idaho 4 case. Legal expert Matt Mangino joined us and highlighted that Koberger's decision not to elaborate on his motives was not unusual in plea agreements, especially when the defendant is not compelled to provide such information. Listen to the full episode to get a total understanding of this controversial plea deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Slow Burn Media, Evergreen Podcasts, and Killer Podcasts, Presents, Who Killed?

0:10.9

A podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.

0:16.1

All right, breaking news coming in from the state of Idaho once again, but on a different story,

0:21.2

as News Nation has just learned that the accused killer, Brian Colberger, accepted a plea deal.

0:26.7

Yeah, a plea deal was offered. He, and he has accepted the deal.

0:30.7

Sources are confirming that prosecutors proposed dropping the death penalty.

0:34.8

That was the deal in exchange for Kohlberger pleading guilty to committing

0:38.0

four murders and pleading guilty to burglary as well. So guilty plea in exchange for no death

0:43.7

penalty. Now the background on this story, you'll remember he's accused of killing those four

0:47.8

University of Idaho students at their home. It was back in November of 2022. Source to say Kohlberger

0:53.2

must also agree to spend the rest of his life in prison without any possibility of 2022. Sorcercerst of St. Kohlberger must also agree

0:54.2

to spend the rest of his life in prison

0:56.0

without any possibility of parole.

0:57.8

So jail for life, no parole.

1:00.5

And then let me ask you, did you, on November 13,

1:04.7

2012, enter the residence at 1122 King Road in Moscow, Idaho, with the intent to commit the felony

1:13.4

crime of murder.

1:14.4

Yes.

1:15.4

Did you, on November 13, 2022, in Leyta County, State of Idaho, kill and murder Madison Mogan, a human being?

1:30.3

Yes.

1:31.3

And did you do that willfully, unlawfully, deliberately, and with premeditation and malice

1:36.3

of forethought?

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