Defendants in other high-profile death penalty cases have been down Bryan Kohberger’s road, faced with potentially making a life or death decision before a jury does it for them. Take a plea deal if prosecutors will agree and avoid a potential death sentence or go to trial?

Bryan Kohberger — who is the subject of a May 2025 episode of 'Dateline' — will stand trial after being charged with the murder of four Idaho University students. Here is what we know so far about the Idaho murder suspect.