Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty.

Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murder in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students as part of a deal to avoid the death penalty, an attorney for one victim’s family said Monday.

The family of Kaylee Goncalves said in a statement that prosecutors mishandled the plea deal that would spare Bryan Kohberger the death penalty.