We have a picture of a dead guy who looks just like him

Do we?

Or is this just motivated reasoning?

Yearick is what 15 years older than Crooks? You don't think one of the local cops who was actually there. Actually with the body can't tell the difference between 20 years old and mid 30s?

There are 50 states, the van had Arizona plates, I recall a video interview of a guy saying it.

Why is Arizona significant?

and he hasn't come forward to point out that he's not missing.

Why hasn't Thomas Crooks shown up since the shooting? Why didn't he return home. Why didn't he show up at work. He's actually accused by the government of murder. Why hasn't he come forward and say, hey you made a mistake.

As for Yearick we don't know what he was doing for like 7 years, right?

Can you see why a team of assassins would prefer the public face to be a clean guy like Crooks and not a goon with CIA /Ukraine connections ?

Dude, you're writing a screenplay here. So now there's a team of assassins huh?

We have a picture of a dead guy who looks just like him

Do we?

Or is this just motivated reasoning?

Yearick is what 15 years older than Crooks? You don't think one of the local cops who was actually there. Actually with the body can't tell the difference between 20 years old and mid 30s?