Surprised they let him move back up to Alaska (if he is in fact back in AK). Between the horses and the hunting, sounds like CL has a bit of a survivalist bent--or at least the tools to take off into Canada and make things interesting.
And--survivalist or not--Canada gives all manner of grief to US states seeking extradition of suspects in capital cases. Typically Canada requires the prosecuting jurisdiction take the death penalty off the table before they'll even think about extraditing someone wanted for a death-penalty eligible crime. And if they (investigators in Cali) are unable to find a body, that leaves the prosecutor without a huge bargaining chip to get a perp to lead them to the missing body. i.e., they'll take the death penalty off the table in exchange for telling them where the body is located. Now you're talking knocking it down from a Murder 1 to 2nd degree or manslaughter.