The man accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students in 2022 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to first-degree murder in a deal with prosecutors that spares the former criminal-justice doctoral student from the death penalty.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than two years after the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students shocked the rural community of Moscow, Idaho, the former criminal justice student charged in the killings is expected in court Wednesday to plead guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty.

The timeline in the Bryan Kohberger case that sent shockwaves through the tight-knit community of Moscow, Idaho, following the quadruple murders of four college students.