I have no connections of any kind to this case other than a passing familiarity with the brothers Murdaugh. My instincts as a retired investigator is that an indictment on the double murder is/was coming and this whole weekend incident is an attempt by a smart guy and a former prosecutor to muddy the waters and start to set up a defense blaming the alcohol/drugs. I've always believed it started with a tragic shooting between son and mom, son threatening suicide, mom trying to talk him off the "ledge", son loses it in a moment and shoots mom. Dad hears shots, grabs shotgun and finds his dead wife. Turns shotgun on son. The whole connection to the other murder is intriguing, What evidenced did SLED find at the double murder scene leading them back to the previous case? I think it was the rifle left at the scene used to kill mom. In any event, very tragic.