India, July 3 -- Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing four Idaho college students in 2022. Kohberger, a 30-year-old former PhD student in criminology, was set for death penalty after being charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary. With the plea deal, he will no longer face death penalty and serve four consecutive life sentences, instead.

At the court session attended by the victims' family members, Kohberger, seated at the dock wearing a beige shirt and a printed tie, pleaded guilty to all the charges with chilling one-word responses. When asked by Judge Steven Hippler if he "willfully unlawfully, deliberately and with premeditation and malice aforethought" committed t...