Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students, avoiding the death penalty.

Under the plea deal, he will receive four consecutive life sentences for the killings and up to 10 years for burglary, with no right to appeal.

The sentencing is expected in late July.

The agreement aims to spare victims’ families from a lengthy trial and appeals process, ABC News has reported.

Kohberger was arrested in December 2022 after DNA evidence linked him to the crime, which shocked the small college town of Moscow, Idaho.

Written by B.C. Begley