Bryan Kohberger admitted to the killings of four University of Idaho students at his change of plea hearing on Wednesday, pleading guilty to all five counts, despite the former criminology student's initial eagerness to be exonerated in the high-profile case.

Bryan Kohberger, who was accused of the 2022 killings of four Idaho college students, has agreed to plea guilty to all counts, a move that would spare him from the death pentalty, ABC News reported on Monday,

Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students as part of a plea deal to avoid the death penalty more than two years after the slayings shocked the nation and touched off a coast-to-coast manhunt.