Bryan Kohberger from The Idaho Murders docuseries claims innocence, seeks to withdraw guilty plea

Bryan Kohberger is once again in the headlines after claiming he is innocent and seeking to withdraw his guilty plea. While speaking to The Times in a statement, Kohberger said he is innocent and believes his guilty plea should be withdrawn because, according to him, it was made based on "false promises" and misleading information.

He also continued to deny committing the murders of four University of Idaho students named Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, and Xana Kernodle. Additionally, he has reportedly filed a legal request challenging his conviction. As reported by the New York Post, Goncalves and Kernodle's families wanted a trial, while Chapin and Mogen's families supported the plea deal.

Netflix released the docuseries about Bryan Kohberger's case titled The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare on July 29. Consisting of three parts with a duration of forty-four minutes each, the docuseries revisited the 2022 case.

Netflix The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare explores Bryan Kohberger's case

Netflix's The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare dates back to November 13, 2022, when four friends, Ethan Chapin, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, and Xana Kernodle, were found dead in an Idaho off-campus home after spending an evening together.

After the roommates reported the crime to the police, they first believed that the case was related to alcohol poisoning. However, after investigating the footage from the bodycam, it was declared a homicide case.

Kaylee Goncalves and Maddie Mogen were close friends who used to live in the University of Idaho house with Xana Kernodle. Ethan Chapin was the boyfriend of Xana. At the time their bodies were discovered, no one knew who was responsible for their deaths.

However, there were signs before the murders that later became important in the investigation, as told in Netflix's The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare docuseries. Kaylee told Bethany that she had noticed a man watching her near their house, and some roommates also found the front door of the house unlocked.

During the investigation, police found evidence linking Bryan Kohberger, a graduate of Washington State University, to the murders. They found his DNA from a knife sheath found at the scene and phone data, which helped investigators identify him as the suspect. He was doing his PhD in criminology, and from the investigation, the authorities believed that the murder was pre-planned.

Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty in the Idaho Murders case

After the investigation and becoming the suspect in the killings of four students, Bryan Kohberger admitted to the killings and received a punishment of four life terms with no chance of parole. By pleading guilty, he avoided the chance of facing the death penalty and is currently in the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Kuna. He also got an extra ten years for burglary. This sentence came last year in September.

Additionally, since he admitted to the crimes at that time through the plea deal, the case did not go to a full trial where he had to talk about what happened or explain his reasons behind the murders.

However, as per the latest report, he claims to be innocent and wants to take back his guilty plea, which he claimed he agreed to because of "false" assurances and "blatant disinformation," saying the plea:

"MUST be withdrawn."

If his plea is canceled, the case could go to trial.

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