I feel like that’s more likely than him having them in constantly to listen to music. Ear buds always in awaiting mommy’s calls, always readily available for that.
Maybe it was something as simple as his own acceptance he'd be locked away for the rest of his life. I could see that. Selfish, but a decision made on his terms, on his own time.
This. While critical, DM’s testimony only really would have spoken to similarities in physical characteristics to the killer. I feel like the DD driver seeing him and his car as well as the video footage of his Elantra had him realizing he was cooked.
I'm also in the "he'll plead guilty and offer up no details or anything" camp. But I have a strong feeling he'll do a sitdown interview someday like Lori Vallow has.