Bryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Boise.
July 2, 2025
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Looking back on top stories in the Press in 2025
Here's a look back at the biggest stories the Press broke in 2025.
Bryan Kohberger waived appeals in plea deal — but options remain. What are they?
When Bryan Kohberger was sentenced to four terms of life in prison on July 23 for the killings of four University of Idaho students, the judge and lead prosecutor noted that it would be the last anyone saw or heard from the 30-year-old convicted murderer who had agreed to a plea agreement in the high-profile quadruple stabbing case.
Trump weighs in on Kohberger plea deal before sentencing
President Donald Trump weighed in on the plea deal that allowed Bryan Kohberger to avoid the death penalty for killing four University of Idaho students in November 2022, days before a judge is set to sentence Kohberger in Boise.
Judge lifts gag order in Kohberger's quadruple murder case
An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger's quadruple murder case. Kohberger avoided a potential death sentence by pleading guilty earlier this month to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students at a rental home near campus in 2022.
We now know exactly what Idaho prosecutors had against Bryan Kohberger
Just seconds after Bryan Kohberger told a 4th District judge Wednesday that, yes, he had “willfully” and “deliberately” murdered four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022, the judge asked prosecutors to lay out the “factual basis” for the case if it had gone to trial.
Bryan Kohberger admits to killing 4 Idaho students but motive remains unclear
A criminal justice student who avoided a potential death sentence by pleading guilty Wednesday to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students carefully planned the attack for months and took multiple steps to cover his tracks, the lead prosecutor said.
Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to murder in stabbings of 4 Idaho students to avoid death penalty
The small farming community of Moscow, in the northern Idaho panhandle, had not had a homicide in about five years when Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen were found dead at a rental home near campus on Nov. 13, 2022. Autopsies showed the four victims were all likely asleep when they were attacked. Some had defensive wounds and each was stabbed multiple times.