India, July 3 -- Bryan Kohberger, the 30-year-old former criminology PhD student accused of fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students, pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary on Wednesday. The plea was accepted by Judge Steven Hippler in Boise's Ada County Courthouse. It ensures Kohberger will serve four consecutive life sentences without parole. The four victims were: Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin.

Bryan Kohberger's confession

During a Wednesday hearing, Kohberger verbally admitted to murdering Goncalves, Mogen, Kernodle, and Chapin, responding 'Yes' when Judge Hippler asked if he committed each killing.

The confession was part of a plea deal initiated ...