Yes, I do not read JW's agreement that way. His plea agreement was attached to motion 51 and the wording in there does not say they have to take LWOP for the DP specifications to be dropped. You probably have seen it but if not let me know and I will attach for you. There could be some wording in there that you understand better than I do that means they have to accept a LWOP for the DP to be dropped.
You left out Billy's 9-9-16 interview.
This goes along with what you are saying about Billy.
Billy was interviewed In September 2016 and it is possible he got Reader's suspicions up with that interview. Also possible Angie got his suspicions up with her October 2016 interview.
Reader said in October 2016 that he thought it was locals. So I think Reader was suspecting the Wagners by September 2016. Anyone else think this?
5-13-16 Jake interview
9-9-16 Billy interview
10-5-16 Angela interview
Here are all the Wagner Interviews from Angela's Discovery
Filed in Pike County Common Pleas Court December 20th 2018
View attachment 311691
https://www.scribd.com/document/402565469/Angela-Wagner
But they waited 6 months to conduct another interview with one of the Wagners.
That's a really long time, that's half the first year of the murder investigation. It seems like they were spending those 6 months investigating the Manleys and others. JMO