Reply #20: it is indeed [View All]

[iverglas]

I specifically pondered the possibility that the two younger woman and the older woman were poisoned. The problem seems to be that the state of decomposition was such that the presence of bullet holes, if such there were, was not immediately apparent. Autopsies are being done.

So the three women could have been poisoned and died in their beds, fully clothed, and the couple could have shut themselves in the closet downstairs and executed a suicide pact with the two firearms found near their bodies.

Or the two daughters could have forced the parents into the closet at gunpoint, shot them in unison with the two handguns, then shot their grandmother and lain down and shot themselves. Oh, except no firearms seem to have been found near them. Drank from the same poisoned chalice and then lay down to die. Twins, you know, strange creatures.

Many scenarios are possible, aren't they? Even without a tramp. Their plausibility is a matter of opinion, and plausibility will not be in issue once a determination is made, implausible though it might turn out to be.

The thing just is that me, I always feel pretty foolish making up weird scenarios when the obvious one is staring me in the face.