Bryan Kohberger has accepted a plea deal in the murder of four college students at the University of Idaho, sparing him the death penalty.

June 30 (UPI) -- Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in 2022, has agreed to plead guilty and avoid the death penalty, according to court documents and one of the victims' families.

Autopsies showed the four were all likely asleep when they were attacked, some had defensive wounds and each was stabbed multiple times. Two other women in the house at the time survived.

Bryan Kohberger, a former criminology student, is charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. Prosecutors said they had reached a plea agreement that avoids the death penalty.

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty, multiple media outlets reported Monday.

Bryan Kohberger, the suspect charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death, has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of murder.

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 Monday.

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Idaho murders suspect, Bryan Kohberger, has reportedly agreed to plead guilty to the gruesome killings of four undergrads in 2022.

Based on public comments from one victim’s family and confirmation from their attorney, it appears the plea deal will take the death penalty off the table.