Bryan Kohberger appeared expressionless as a judge asked if he murdered four Idaho college students in their off-campus home, answering “yes” to each name called out in the courtroom Wednesday.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday in the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students in 2022 that terrified the campus and set off a nationwide search, which ended weeks later when he was arrested in Pennsylvania.

Bryan Kohberger agreed to plead guilty Wednesday to murdering four University of Idaho students in November 2022, accepting a plea deal that will see him avoid the death penalty in exchange for multiple life sentences without the possibility for appeal.