Bryan Kohberger, who was a graduate student at nearby Washington State University, pleaded guilty to murder in the killings that terrified the Idaho campus and set off a nationwide search, which ended weeks later when he was arrested in Pennsylvania.

A former criminology student pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.

Under the plea agreement, Bryan Kohberger, 30, will serve four consecutive life terms in prison for a rampage that stunned the small college town of Moscow, Idaho, and drew national media attention. He also waived his rights to appeal or seek a sentence review.