The father of one of accused killer Bryan Kohberger’s victims has lashed out at a new plea deal that will see the former Ph.D student avoid the death penalty. Kohberger, 30, was accused of stabbing four University of Idaho student roommates to death in 2022—Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.

His trial was scheduled to begin around Aug. 18. Prosecutors were seeking the death penalty for the 2022 murders of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves.

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty, an attorney for one victim's family said.Shanon Gray, an attorney representing the family of Kaylee Goncalves,