Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger fires lawyers ‘for convincing him to falsely confess’ to college slayings

Barney Davis | Night News Editor Published July 30, 2026 7:25pm Updated July 30, 2026 7:25pm Bryan Kohberger avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty (Picture: Monroe County PA Correctional Facility/ZUMA Press Wire Service/Shutterstock) Serial killer Bryan Kohberger has been appointed a new public defender as he attempts to withdraw his guilty plea for murdering four college students. Kohberger avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty to the murders of students Idaho University Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, admitting he burst into their off-campus home and attacked them in their sleep in 2022. But in a blow to the families, the killer now claims he was ‘convinced to falsely confess’ by his lawyers. The criminology student alleged his defence attor