BOISE, Idaho (AP) — 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 killings is expected in court Wednesday to plead guilty in a deal to avoid the death penalty.

Bryan Kohberger will plead guilty to killing 4 Idaho students, avoiding the death penalty in exchange for life sentences. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

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.