1 Detective did NOT say they have no evidence of pt 4. Review your notes and the elements of the crime.
2 The fact they arrested for AK does NOT put them in some sort of legal box. In the legal procedure, when they indict for AK, they will also have "lesser included" charges (and in this case, probably quite a few), all of which are crimes and for which the accused may be convicted. Kidnapping is absolutely a crime, whether aggravated or not.
...Side point: I think they are going to "run up the score" when it comes to indictments, and ask for convictions on everything they can specify, to make sure he gets locked away forever, no matter what.
3 IMO The pivot point is that EA took her, put her in his trunk, and she has never been seen again. Based on that, combined with the fact that everything he's said about it has been lies on top of lies, I'm not going to assume the court will look favorably on him to let him roam the streets, but we'll see what they say.
ETA - I see, now that I've caught up, that the bond was not reduced. Not surprising at all. EA put her IN HIS TRUNK, and lied his *advertiser censored* off to LE trying to find her (and the judge is not stupid LOL or distracted by relative minutia).