BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than two years after the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students shocked the rural community of Moscow, Idaho, the former criminal justice student charged in the killings is expected in court Wednesday to plead guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty.

Bryan Kohberger has pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree murder and burglary in the deadly stabbing of four University of Idaho students off campus in November 2022, as NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports.