BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The lead prosecutor tasked with finding justice for four University of Idaho students killed in a grisly ...

Detectives struck investigative gold in late 2022 when a used Q-tip linked Bryan Kohberger to the heinous murders of four ...

A Q-Tip and spotless car were key evidence linking Bryan Kohberger to murders of 4 Idaho students by: JESSE BEDAYN, Associated Press Posted: Jul 2, 2025 / 07:37 PM CDT Updated: Jul 2, 2025 / 07:37 ...

A Q-Tip and spotless car were key evidence linking Bryan Kohberger to murders of 4 Idaho students The man charged with killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 pleaded guilty, capping a ...

Thompson said investigators recovered a Q-tip from the garbage at his parents’ house to match Kohberger’s DNA to genetic material from a knife sheath found at the crime scene.

Bryan Kohberger agreed to the plea deal in the past few days after his attorneys tried but failed to have execution stricken as a possible punishment.

Kohberger is due to appear at 11 a.m. MDT Wednesday before Idaho Fourth Judicial District Judge Steven Hippler in Boise, where the case was moved due to pretrial publicity in northern Idaho.

Bryan Kohberger has pleaded guilty to the 2022 murders of four University of Idaho students. His plea Wednesday comes after prosecutors pursued the death penalty and his attorneys failed to block it.

FBI agents were able to collect DNA samples from the trash outside of Kohberger’s parent’s house, where he was living at the time. Investigators determined that DNA left on a Q-Tip belonged to the ...