After entering a guilty plea to the heinous 2022 stabbings of four University of Idaho students—Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen, and Kaylee Goncalves—Bryan Kohberger, 30, a former Ph.D. candidate in criminology, stunned the country.
Kohberger, a former student at Washington State University, is accused of breaking into their Moscow, Idaho, off-campus house early on November 13 and killing them there.
Accepted in June 2025, Kohberger’s plea agreement spares him from the death penalty but requires him to serve four consecutive life terms without the possibility of release.
Families of some victims, such as the Mogens, were relieved that a drawn-out trial was avoided, but the Goncalves family, in particular, fiercely rejected the deal and accused Idaho’s legal system of betraying them.
Meet Amanda Kohberger and Melissa Kohberger
Amanda Kohberger and Melissa Kohberger are the two elder sisters of Bryan Kohberger.
Following his arrest, both lost their jobs, and one allegedly accused him of being involved in the murders in Idaho after observing his strange conduct, such as wearing latex gloves all the time, and looking through his car for evidence.
Who Is Amanda Kohberger?
Melissa, a former mental health therapist, penned a poem on the Uvalde school shooting that their mother released publicly, and Amanda once starred in the horror movie Two Days Back (2011).
