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Bryan Kohberger, convicted of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, has filed a petition to withdraw his guilty plea—claiming he received bad legal advice—and wants a trial. A new Netflix documentary on the case is running simultaneously, compounding attention on the story.
2022 Idaho student murders, a quadruple stabbing case, is trending as the convicted killer filed a petition to withdraw his guilty plea while a Netflix documentary on the case releases.
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