Great thinking as always,
@afitzy, on some of the unknown aspects of MT's 'situation' all along & in light of today's arrests.
My guess is that the strategy for MT's 'defense' includes:
(1) 'deny, deny, deny' (thanks to Mama A for the experiential wisdom & any and all hoodlums they associate with in whatever circles in CT & abroad) and/or do the "I know nothing, I saw nothing" shtick
(2) KISS (keep it simple stupid, or is it keep it stupid simple?) and play dumb / collude with other criminals to put forth a story of innocence/victim blaming as long as possible
(3) trump up & continue to pretend there's a language/cultural barrier preventing her from understanding LE / lawyer judge questions and participating fully with her issues of citizenship, ESL & globe trotting 'status'
(4) try to stick as close as possible to any early admissions she possibly can (e.g., whatever aspects of the 'alibi scripts' that were not totally blown up along the way)
(5) grasp at any straws if all else fails and admit to the things LE had proof of only in the strictest sense (e.g., "yeah, you said her body must have been in the vehicle with blood in it, so yeah you said that", and "Yeah, I was in the vehicle with FD in Hartford that night when he was disposing of items with JFd's blood on them, but I was on my phone & didn't know what he was doing, I was just along for the ride"), rinse & repeat (1) - (4)
Dunno, dumbo, what-ho?! MOO