BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday in the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in 2022 that terrified the campus and set off a nationwide search, which ended weeks later when he was arrested in Pennsylvania.

Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with killing four University of Idaho students, pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder Wednesday as part of an agreement with prosecutors that allows him to avoid the death penalty.

Bryan Kohberger has pleaded guilty to the brutal stabbing murders of four University of Idaho students, ending a high-profile case that spanned two states and left a college town shattered, multiple outlets report.