prediction:
they cannot make sense of the story, so a few weeks from now charges will be dropped.
if i had to write the future:
depape will be shielded from the press and deported to canada, where he will expect to be paid a large sum of money by mysterious unknown benefactors. before he has a chance to spend the money he will be mugged, robbed and left to die in the predawn hours on some large canadian city street. the assailants will never be caught. despite no money being taken, the police will conclude that it was a robbery gone bad. none of depape’s relatives will step forward to challenge this narrative. depape’s relatives will inherit a mysteriously large amount of money (although this will not be publicly disclosed). they will mysteriously refuse to talk to the press at all.
By George you got it!