An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder case. Kohberger avoided a potential death sentence by pleading guilty earlier this month to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students at a rental home near campus in 2022.

Bryan Kohberger avoided a potential death sentence by pleading guilty​ to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students.

It took me a minute, and then I said, ‘You know that name is very familiar. I think I’ve talked to Bryan Kohberger before,’” Jenkins recalled.

A state district judge in Idaho lifted the gag order that largely obscured the case of Bryan Kohberger, who recently pleaded guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students in an off-campus house in November 2022.

On Thursday, a judge in Idaho ruled to lift the gag order that has been in place for Bryan Kohberger’s case since the 30-year-old was arrested nearly three years ago.

The Goncalveses were prepared for a monthslong trial for their daughter’s murder, and her father said they wanted to see Kohberger face “accountability of the highest that there is.” Now, Kaylee’s father said the family is grappling with the change and trying to move on.

An Idaho judge on Thursday lifted the gag order that another judge imposed on convicted murderer Bryan Kohberger’s case. Earlier this month, Kohberger pleaded guilty to all five charges for fatally stabbing four University of Idaho students at a rental home in 2022. The guilty plea removed the death penalty as a possibility.

The Tribune's Marty Trillhaase and Matt Baney discuss the plea deal worked out in the Bryan Kohberger case and speculate about what might come next.