This fatal (and orphan-creating) bloodshed went down in the San Diego suburb of La Presa. [The Daily Mail coverage inexcusably fails to state the date when this occurred, presumably quite recently...making some readers wonder whatever happened to basic five-Ws-and-H journalism.]

And alas, the estranged husband violated Rule #1 of all murder/suicide planning, a cardinal dictum which should be STRICTLY followed by EVERYONE plotting such mayhem: ALWAYS complete the suicide half of your deadly equation FIRST.

BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13328975/Murder-Zoom-Mom-35-shot-death-estranged-husband-work-call-killed-leaving-nine-year-old-son-orphan.html

On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 12:00:16 +0000, bryan_styble
<radioactiveseattle@hotmail.com> wrote:

>And alas, the estranged husband violated Rule #1 of all murder/suicide planning, a cardinal dictum which should be STRICTLY followed by EVERYONE plotting such mayhem: ALWAYS complete the suicide half of your deadly equation FIRST.

Who commits the murder then?

Obvious question, David (if not necessarily an obvious joke on my part). Consider it my proposal for reducing the murder rate at least a bit.

But to pivot to seriousness: I've often wondered how many of these horrific murder/suicide cases were actually intended by the perp to go down that way.

That is, maybe some of them instead merely to murder, and have intention (if not a specific plan) of escape...but then upon doing the lethal deed and being instantly confronted with the garish, ugly reality s/he just caused (not to mention the realization that getting away with it was hopeless), only THEN change plans and instead put the gun to the head.

BRYAN STYBLE/Florida