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This wasn't a professional job. The evidence says so.

The suspect visited Nancy Guthrie's home before the night she disappeared. When he came back, he didn't know about the doorbell camera. Tried to disable it and failed. Grabbed weeds to cover the lens. That's improvisation. That's someone who thought they had it figured out—and didn't.

If this was a burglary that turned into something the perpetrator never intended, what's waiting for them on the other side?

Eric Faddis spent years as a felony prosecutor before becoming a defense attorney. He's seen cases like this from both sides of the courtroom. And he's clear about what this person faces.

Arizona's felony murder statute doesn't care about intent. If someone dies during the commission of a burglary, that's murder. Add concealment of a body. Add twenty-five days of hiding while the FBI chases 55,000 tips. Add the consciousness of guilt that comes from staying silent while a family begs for answers.

The legal exposure is already severe. It gets worse every day.

Faddis breaks down what voluntary surrender actually buys—if anything. He explains the difference between coming forward now and getting caught through genetic genealogy later. He addresses the impossible position the defense is in when the body is missing: they can't prove accidental death because their client hid the evidence.

And he talks about what happens beyond criminal court. The Guthrie family has resources. Wrongful death is a separate track.

For someone sitting with this, Faddis lays out the realistic range. Where cooperation leads. Where getting caught without cooperation leads. The window between those two outcomes is narrowing.

This is the legal reality of what's coming.

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