Not for one moment would there ever be a plea bargin for the most serious of offences
If there was a unilateral approach by the offender or one of the offenders with full disclosure then they will be given credit for that at sentencing.
Living a life looking over your shoulder, never knowing when the knock at the door may come or the hard stop by police on the road or in the street, must be mentally destructive and significantly limit the quality of life.
He or they will string it out and they'll be caught at the point of no return when their life expectancy is less than their sentence.....it will become a whole life tariff, maybe not In name, but in reality.
David Venables 89 years, was recently convicted of his wife, Brenda's murder, forty years before, hiding her body in the septic tank at their farm. He will die in prison. He screamed "no" as he was taken down as his new reality hit
This is what awaits the killer/s of Claudia.
May they live long and suffer every day.