This is going to be unpopular, but while I'm in complete agreement about the motives, fault and severity of the issue as you guys, I'm generally against giving people the same penalty (e.g. the death penalty, the one thing that you can't go any more tiers up from) for complying with investigation, turning yourself in and admitting guilt, versus for doing their best to evade capture, needing to be caught, and fighting the charges all the way. I think if we treat them the same, it merely incentivizes people not to comply or help with investigations.
also this motherfucker unironically calls his SO "my love" in a text message lmao
Double also, to dissect the evidence a little bit, this dude has no idea what the fuck he's doing - he staged a dramatic way to communicate his intent to his SO with this stupid murder mystery note under the desk thing, while also telling his SO "I planned to take this secret to my grave" before had even been caught.