I'm really not sure that we would see the group of them looking the way they appeared today if there was a deal of any sort on the table? This looked like a grim group IMO walking into court and Bowman looked like he had taken a body blow IMO when he showed up at Troop G. If there were a deal and things were resolved with the State IMO we would see a more relaxed outlook from Bowman and MT and the charges filed this last go around for AW2 would not mirror FD. Just a guess but perhaps State is playing hardball with MT given her past lying and wasting time? Bowman by nature isn't very animated but these past 2 appearances (Troop G and today) showed him appearing almost resigned to some situation that I'm not sure we understand. Perhaps Colangelo has said he doesn't need MT and is just letting her hang for awhile with the huge uncertainty of the overall situation? IDK. But the report from the NH reporter of tears in the courtroom was telling I think. Maybe Colangelo feels comfortable enough with the evidence in place to not feel compelled to work hard to deal with MT? IMO something might be up. Perhaps they told her that she will be charged with murder and that resulted in tears? Can you imagine hearing that news? IDK. Something seems off here. MOO
Yeah, afitzy, MT and team look none too pleased, and dad has replaced mom 'at her side'. Something must not have been going as well as they had hoped with their prior tack of mom 'n daughter matching outfits and smiling for the camera, lying to LE, lying about alibis, stonewalling about the evidence dumping, then admitting to a few things under duress, etc., but not coming clean all the way to divulge everything she knows about the planning, murder, hiding evidence, JD's body, etc.
Wouldn't it be ironic if the one piece of knowledge (where FD disposed of JD's body) MT doesn't have is the only thing that she truly has to negotiate her way out of accessory and/or murder charges on top of the tampering and obstructing charges that will stand, IMO, because the evidence LE has outlined in the arrest warrants is bodacious!
I think she's been told she is going down on the 2 sets of charges she has already been arrested for twice (2 each of felony charges for tampering & obstructing) based on only the existing evidence (AW 1 + 2, plus whatever else they have on her involvement) since she has been lying and hasn't lead them to JD. That's many years of prison time right there if she is convicted, separate from / on top of potential murder or accessory to murder charges.
So she is facing prison time no matter what, IMO, and it's just become clear to her and her lawyer. She just came out of her fuzzy thinking period and realized she is not going to be able to get out of spending the next 2 - 10 years (
see potential sentences for each charge of 1 - 5 years in links below) wearing that ankle bracelet, not getting to live a 'normal life and raise her daughter, not being able to continue to live in a luxury home on someone else's dollar, not getting to leave the state of CT or the country, and doing time in prison for her part in planning and concocting alibis, hiding evidence of JD's assault and murder, and who knows what else. MOO.
Tampering and Obstruction are Class D Felonies (BBM):
"What is a Class D Felony?
[ ... ] ...a class D [felony] is a serious crime..."
Class D and Level Four Felonies
"Connecticut Felony Crimes by Class and Sentences -- Class D Felonies
A class D felony is ..... punishable by a state prison term of one to five years and a fine of up to $5,000. (Conn. Gen. Stat. § § 53a-35a, 53a-41.)..."
Connecticut Felony Crimes by Class and Sentences
