1) This is California; it’s a two-hour commute from work so we eat late.
2) By 9pm the early birds and the local crowd have thinned. The waiters are more attentive because it’s their last chance for a big tip.
3) Since a 9pm seating is usually the last or next to last seating, no one hurries you to eat and vacate the table for the next customer so your dinner is much more enjoyable.
4) If the 5yo gets antsy, it disturbs less customers, and so is more considerate
that’s why
Well said. I suspect they went to a 7 PM movie and planned to have dinner after the movie. We just don’t have much information about the victim. We don’t know if the child had to attend Kindergarten Thursday or if she was still to young to attend. And the entire issue is a red herring that has no bearing to the fact that her father was murdered.
The murder has a good chance for the death penalty.