“I couldn’t live with myself if I killed another human being.”
I’m puzzled why he’d return to his parents’ house if he killed her. Wouldn’t he be less likely to be caught if did something else. If they found the body sooner he’d have been easy to take into custody since it was known he was at his parents.
Run to mommy
Sanctuary
Realizing they were going up for cell phone tracking, he realized he was caught in his mistake of keeping the phones
Ran away
My odds are 65+% probability that he doesn’t have the brass to off himself, or fight against LEO when they catch up to him.
He’s a wuss