Bryan Kohberger may never face a jury for allegedly slaughtering 4 University of Idaho students ... he has just struck a plea deal to save his own life, and the family of one of the victims is furious.
00:00Some big breaking news. In the Brian Koberger case, he is the guy who was charged with the first-degree murder of those four University of Idaho students.
00:09Where he was, the prosecution was seeking the death penalty.
00:13Well, that is off the table now.
00:16There has been a plea bargain struck between Brian Koberger and prosecutors in the Idaho murders case.
00:24What is shocking about this is, number one, they have taken the death penalty off the table.
00:31But the biggest shock is apparently prosecutors didn't consult any of the families.
00:37We know at least one family is furious.
00:41Yeah. Kaylee Gonsalves, her family posted on social media saying that they had no idea.
00:49We are beyond furious at the state of Idaho.
00:51They have failed us. Please give us some time. This was very unexpected.
00:56So that is shocking because I am telling you, over the years, I have seen so many murder cases where when a plea bargain is struck, it's just...
01:06You want the families to be on board with your decision if you're the prosecutor.
01:10Well, it's just done. That is just generally what's done.
01:14What is so shocking about this is that there was a lot of evidence that placed Brian Koberger at the scene of these murders before and after the killings.
01:26And, you know, there was just a lot that prosecutors had here.
01:30So the idea that they wanted to avoid a trial, they won't tell us why.
01:34So far at the time we're airing right now, they are radio silent.
01:38They have not said anything about it.
01:39Radio silent.
01:40There's always risk with going to trial, though, and there would be a risk that he could go free and be a danger to the state of Idaho.
01:47Remember, the prosecutors represent the state.
01:49They don't represent the victim's families as upsetting as it is to hear that he will not be put to death for his crimes.
01:56He is now safe because he will be locked up for the rest of his life.
02:00And from the prosecutor's perspective, they see that as a win.
02:02They don't have to take the risk of the trial.
02:04Well, any trial is a risk.
02:06But at a point, you've got to look at the evidence.
02:08And there is a lot of evidence that has been amassed over the last couple of years that makes Brian Koberger look like the murderer.
02:19So to say, well, there's a risk, there's a risk in every case.
02:22So every case should be plea bargained.
02:23Well, and because you could have plea bargained, you could have plea bargained the man.
02:25Because you have all that.
02:26Because you have all that.
02:27Oh, I'm serious.
02:28Yeah.
02:29Because you have all that evidence.
02:30That's why you go to the families and say, this is what the case looks like.
02:34But why?
02:35We know.
02:35But why?
02:36And why would you not go to the family?
02:38I just, it's weird that Brian Koberger, Brian Koberger has never, at least publicly or in any of the legal filings,
02:47mounted any kind of a significant defense related to his innocence.
02:53So the idea that there's some hidden gem here on his side, I don't know.
02:59Look, I'm not there, but it seems highly improbable to me.
03:04But remember, Harvey, he tried to mount a defense by pointing at other potential suspects.
03:08And the judge specifically said, I'm not going to allow you to just speculate about four other possible people.
03:13So he was already moving in the direction of Koberger being the only legitimate suspect.
03:18He's made some movements about possibly having some form of autism that influences behavior and things like that.
