If I read this correctly, the trailer and the tow vehicle were found in different locations. I understood at the time, apparently incorrectly, that the trailer and the bodies were found at a turn-out on Route 2 in East Montpelier. Do you know the current names of town highways 46 and 47 in Calais?
I'm impressed by how large the adults are, compared to the 8-year-old girl they are accused of beating. The four of them together weigh over 1200 lbs. and the men are both over six feet tall. http://www.spartanburgsheriff.org/bookings/jailrostera.xml (click on names for additional info.)
Body cam of arrest in South Burlington, VT library. Full video: Video: Body camera shows Vermont arrest of Logan Clegg, suspect in killings of Concord couple
They can always upgrade to first degree if they want to. Charging with second degree gets him off the street and sidesteps any debate about premeditation, which might take more work to demonstrate.
https://webpubcontent.gray.tv/wcax/docs/clegg.pdf Vermont court document, recounting what I consider to be some amazing detective work (3rd document in file).
Man arrested in South Burlington faces murder charges in deaths of former Vermont couple in New Hampshire
Extradition hearing today (in St. Albans, not Burlington, because that's where they're holding him).
Online hit a lick - Wiktionary, I find it identified both as African American vernacular and as Multicultural London English. (Still sounds to me like it's related to an animal's good luck in finding a salt lick.)