NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n\n\n- Bryan Kohberger confessed to the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20 in court on Wednesday<\/li>\n
- Prosecutor Bill Thompson laid out the case against Kohberger, saying Kohberger returned to the crime scene just hours after the murders and then took a selfie making a thumbs-up gesture when he got home<\/li>\n
- Kohberger is set to be sentenced on July 23, with the plea deal calling for four life sentences plus 10 years on a burglary charge, all to be served consecutively<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nHe\u00a0confessed in a Boise courtroom<\/a>\u00a0to the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nAfter admitting to those crimes, which took place on Nov. 13, 2022, Judge Steven Hippler called on Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson to lay out the details of the case against Kohberger.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nThompson shared many details of the case which had been previously known, including video footage of a car similar to Kohberger’s near the scene of the crime on the night of the murders and his purchase on Amazon of the same weapon used in the murders.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAnother key detail shared by Thompson was the fact that\u00a0Kohberger\u00a0<\/a>returned to the murder scene just a few hours after brutally stabbing his four victims to death, but before their bodies had been discovered by their surviving roommates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n![\"Ethan](\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/PiwqNIfyGvWkHkPJ22mx7lq3S5c=\/4000x0\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(751x164:753x166):format(webp)\/idaho-murder-victims-Ethan-Chapin-Xana-Kernodle-Madison-Mogen-and-Kaylee-Goncalves-111722-9de2e460a9aa44759bd274fab0d9ae13.jpg\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves and Xana Kernodle.<\/span>Courtesy of Chapin Family; Maddie Mogen\/Instagram; Kaylee Goncalves\/Instagram; Xana Kernodle\/Instagram<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThompson said that Kohberger’s phone was tracked to the residence at around 9 a.m. and remained there for approximately 10 minutes before he returned to his dormitory at Washington State University in Pullman.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nOnce back at his dorm, the normally stoic Kohberger took a\u00a0selfie of himself grinning while making a thumbs-up gesture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nKohberger and his attorney appeared in court just two days after\u00a0striking a deal with prosecutors<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nIn exchange for Kohberger’s guilty plea on four counts of murder and one count of burglary, the prosecution agreed not to seek the\u00a0death penalty<\/a>\u00a0and instead recommended a term of four life sentences for each murder plus 10 years for the burglary to be served consecutively.<\/p>\n
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- Bryan Kohberger confessed to the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20 in court on Wednesday<\/li>\n
- Prosecutor Bill Thompson laid out the case against Kohberger, saying Kohberger returned to the crime scene just hours after the murders and then took a selfie making a thumbs-up gesture when he got home<\/li>\n
- Kohberger is set to be sentenced on July 23, with the plea deal calling for four life sentences plus 10 years on a burglary charge, all to be served consecutively<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nHe\u00a0confessed in a Boise courtroom<\/a>\u00a0to the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Madison Mogen, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Ethan Chapin, 20.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nAfter admitting to those crimes, which took place on Nov. 13, 2022, Judge Steven Hippler called on Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson to lay out the details of the case against Kohberger.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nThompson shared many details of the case which had been previously known, including video footage of a car similar to Kohberger’s near the scene of the crime on the night of the murders and his purchase on Amazon of the same weapon used in the murders.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAnother key detail shared by Thompson was the fact that\u00a0Kohberger\u00a0<\/a>returned to the murder scene just a few hours after brutally stabbing his four victims to death, but before their bodies had been discovered by their surviving roommates.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Ethan Chapin, Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves and Xana Kernodle.<\/span>Courtesy of Chapin Family; Maddie Mogen\/Instagram; Kaylee Goncalves\/Instagram; Xana Kernodle\/Instagram<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Thompson said that Kohberger’s phone was tracked to the residence at around 9 a.m. and remained there for approximately 10 minutes before he returned to his dormitory at Washington State University in Pullman.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nOnce back at his dorm, the normally stoic Kohberger took a\u00a0selfie of himself grinning while making a thumbs-up gesture<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nWant to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0PEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/div>\nKohberger and his attorney appeared in court just two days after\u00a0striking a deal with prosecutors<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nIn exchange for Kohberger’s guilty plea on four counts of murder and one count of burglary, the prosecution agreed not to seek the\u00a0death penalty<\/a>\u00a0and instead recommended a term of four life sentences for each murder plus 10 years for the burglary to be served consecutively.<\/p>\n