Weeks before he was due to stand trial, after years of professing his innocence, Bryan Kohberger made a shocking decision - he was pleading guilty.
The 30-year-old faced the death penalty for the gruesome murders of four students, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen in their home in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022.
The plea deal spares him his life - but the abrupt ending leaves relatives of the victims with conflicted feelings and many questions unanswered.
On Wednesday, Kohberger was sentenced to four consecutive terms of life in prison for the four murders.
The state had made a "deal with the devil", Kaylee Goncalves's father Steve told reporters before the sentencing. Like others, he had lingering questions about the mysteries surrounding the case, including a motive.
