Bryan Kohberger Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Brutal 2022 Idaho Student Murders
Bryan Kohberger sentencing: On July 23, 2025, Bryan Christopher Kohberger, the former criminology PhD student from Washington State University, received four consecutive life sentences without parole, plus 10 years for burglary, after pleading guilty to the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students—Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin—committed on November 13, 2022 . This plea avoided a potential death sentence, bringing a tragic chapter to a close