The sister of one of the four University of Idaho students slain in their off-campus home blasted the “shocking and cruel” plea deal that will spare the life of accused killer Brian

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 murders is expected in court Wednesday to plead guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty.

Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the murders of four University of Idaho students as part of a plea deal to avoid the death penalty more than two years after the slayings shocked the nation and touched off a coast-to-coast manhunt.