oceanblueeyes
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Imo LE would not even be thinking about plea deals right now. Especially since they are still asking for more tips and evidence. Imo her being found does not equal a neat little case, unless signs of JM are found there too. It would be down to him being the last known person seen with her. That is not a capital charge offense, or any other kind, beyond those already brought. And ultimately, their main goal is to make the make best use of the system to get him charged properly and punished accordingly. They may try to accommodate wishes of the parents, but that is not the priority, it is justice for the victims. And suppose a victim's family did not believe in the DP or in LWOP? The state could not work with that.
Deals may come later, when the state has at least an LWOP case to show his lawyers. But they won't beg him to take a plea, Imo.
I really don't think that is the case. They don't just have the fact that he was the last known person to see her.
Imo, they have much more than that and they found plenty in his vehicle. So much so that it gave them probable cause to get a SW on his apartment and they went back twice retrieving evidence. Even that was enough to arrest and charge him with abduction and intent to defile. For them to even charge him with that means they have evidence to prove it. I have seen some say that just means they had enough probable cause for an arrest but everyone knows when the DA charges someone it isn't about probable cause and its all about them being convinced they have the evidence to prove the charges BARD in a court of law.
Now that she has been found murdered those pieces of evidence will take on even a more sinister meaning.