Bales was taken Conquering into custody later that morning when he told Telling authorities , `` I did it '' .

Bales pleaded Request guilty on 5 June 2013 to 16 counts of premeditated murder in exchange for the prosecution not seeking the death penalty .

After several months of interviews while in prison in 2015 , Bales revealed Reveal_secret in depth his recollection of his actions step by step the night of the murders and why he believed Know he acted the way he did in an article published Publishing in GQ magazine on 21 October 2015 .