One of Brendan's action for me puts any other question to bed...
"Hey how long is this going to take? I have a paper to complete by tonight".... The police imo more than likely said, " Hey listen if you say this, we'll say that your uncle put you up to it and you'll serve no time and be the victim". The guy didn't come forward, he was a target for the police. Lets face if this was a first time offense then you'd believe he's guilty, but going on previous evidence of the sheriffs dept they would LITERALLY do anything to frame... Not to mention:
* Opening a blood vial they kept on Steve
* The DA and Chief visiting the crime scene 3 days after the FBI and "finding" a key behind slippers!
COME ON!!!
A 36mil law suit that insurance companies had said they would not cover....