He may have, or maybe he thought he did nothing wrong, which is why he had it on youtube.
And so he disposed of the plane wreckage, as he needed to, lest he be fined, and he cut it up so it would fit in the bins.
He also repeatedly told the FAA and the NTSB he didn't know where the plane was -- whilst he was in fact cutting it up in his garage...
Judging by the Hans Reiser case "no body, no crime" doesn't work at all.
there's something to be said about people instinctively distrusting the socially inept: just look at all these modern "catch a pedophile" outfits, where losers are baited by impossible situations into ruining their life.
...several days after the killing (per the testimony of an officer)[0]. reading books about homicide investigation is not illegal, and certainly not suspicious enough to convict beyond a reasonable doubt.
I believe a more charismatic person could have talked his way out of it. At the very least the first impression wouldn't have been "eccentric unsympathetic computer guy, russian mail-order bride, he probably did it".
Marvelous! Like an ordinary criminal trying to dispose of the body.
He may have thought no body, no crime? but that doesn't work very well when said crime is filmed start to finish and published on Youtube...