This is Bryan Kohberger’s signed confession for the murders of four Idaho college students in 2022 — but he still offers no explanation of why he butchered them in their sleep.
The document includes his admission that he broke into the off-campus house in Moscow, Idaho on Nov. 13, 2022.
He also admits to murdering “with premeditation and with malice aforethought” Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.
In messy handwriting, Kohberger crossed out the month of his confession — June — and wrote in July 1.
The document was signed one day before the Boise court hearing where he admitted to the murders.
Kohberger – at the time a graduate student at Washington State University 10 miles away, with no apparent connection to the victims – accepted guilt, but added nothing else.
Though Kohberger’s plea deal accepted life in prison without the possibility of parole, it spared him from facing a lengthy trial that could have revealed details about his motive.
It also spared him from facing possible execution by firing squad.
Several family members of the victims have condemned the deal and urged the prosecution to force Kohberger to endure a trial and potentially face the death penalty.
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