Ridiculous. A father’s FIRST instinct would be to find the SOB and cut his balls off! The last thing he’d want to do is confess to something he didn’t do.
Yes, anger at first followed by grief and self blame as well.....I don’t know any more particulars on this case but this reaction is not unusual....
If during the intense interrogation questioning that Police investigators would perform, and they caught him at the point of self blame, he might confess hoping to be punished for whatever demons are dancing through his head at that moment.....
Obviously, that is the case, since the fact is he confessed to a crime he didn’t commit....