JM arrest for the tracker, the texts and search are only small parts of the story. We miss the JW story.
Here are possible scenarios:
A) JW and family are on vacation and/or moving. He is free to do so. No problem, LE can join him if needed. He is cooperative.
B) JW is under protection by LE. He spoke. It's big. LE went on his property under his indication
C) JW and his family are running away from law. LE has or hasn't issued an arrest warrant. They are not disclosing.
D) JW and family have disappeared and feared dead. LE is searching their bodies. They haven't told us yet.
I don't believe in A. I think D is a serious possibility. Tell me why we should discard any of the above.
I think it is very possible that JW moving has nothing to do with being guilty of anything. Being truck drivers and truck mechanics, I'm sure there is good demand for that type of work in Alaska and very good pay. We don't know if that move was not planned or researched for a while previous. The place was for sale. Maybe someone made an offer to buy if they could moving right away and they took the offer. They may have been planning to move because of the same LE scrutiny LM's family is getting. We don't know because they don't talk like LM does. There is a lot of jumping to conclusions in this case because so little is known. The 2:00am text was a big deal till it was sent at 9:00pm. Even then people say those two should not have anything in common because of the age difference. I think everyone including LE is willing to run with anything that might seem to be an action a guilty person might do.