Perhaps he was forced into it, and handed a phone to use. I have to assume the 2nd suspect has been identified by truck forensics, and due to the irregular plot, we cannot rule out DM's innocence 100%. Im sure his best friends knew of hi properties and what equipment there was access too. Maybe backseat guy killed TB and put gun to DM's head and layed down the rules.
Although you are right that its not out of the realm of possibility, what i have a hard time understanding is that if I am 100% innocent and its truly a setup, ill be giving police ALL the cooperation i can from day 1. If other perps are out there, you don't want to give them time to hide their tracks or get away.
On the other hand, whats more believable to me is:
1) As dumb as it is to tow the stolen truck to your mom's house in Kleinberg and leave charred remains in your other property of Waterloo, he must have assumed that police would never investigate him in the first place.
2)
Without that cell phone lead and the improbable identification of his tattoo, from the sounds of LE yesterday it would have been very hard to even look into DM.
3)
DM has no prior criminal record, no known association to the victim, etc. How many trailers and trucks drive around the province every day? Would be hard to consider them all suspicious. The incinerator is also only suspicious now that the body was found burned. If there is no reason to look for burned remains on a farm or for a stollen truck in a trailer in Kleinberg, there is no evidence/case here.
4)
Money cannot be the motive! IMO the kid has access to funds, getting a line of credit around ANY of his properties would have been a quick 45min trip to any bank branch, makes ZERO sense to murder someone for a truck worth less than $20k. Not to mention any existing lines of credit, bank accounts attached to the family corporations.
5)
Accidental kill/Thrill Kill is a possibility. If so, there are probably other victims from the past who hopefully got out alive.
6)
At this point if i am DM and i know i am guilty, i do everything i can to get bail (even if its in the millions). Then i run. So if this is the strategy, then remaining completely silent is the only play here. Admit ANY involvement and you can kiss ANY chance at bail goodbye.
7)
If point #6 is true then i bet he starts singing like a bird if/when his bailed is denied and rats out ALL his accomplices!
8)
I would be shocked if the other suspects haven't attempted to flee yet. They must realize that this "nice, smart young man" isn't going to take this entire wrap himself and since chances are he is the only one in the group with the sort of funds to put up a high-priced defence, they have only to realistic options.
RUN or Cut a deal with the prosecutor before DM cuts one first.
Your Comments/Thoughts always welcome.
Question i am curious about:
a) Do we know who noticed the tattoo in the first place? TB's wife, test drive victim #1 or both?