He will be given four consecutive life sentences plus 10 years for burglary according to a plea deal, which allows him to avoid the death penalty. The sentencing comes nearly three years after the students were found stabbed to death in a rental house near the University of Idaho campus, shocking the quiet college town of Moscow and the nation.

The families of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves will read victim impact statements before Bryan Kohberger is sentenced.