It could still work. Perhaps the girlfriend dropped him because she realized he was gay. Then his more recent gay lover dropped him.
Seriously, my gaydar goes up to about 75% based on his pictures and the heinous act he committed is totally indicative of the self loathing and hate and anger at the world a lot of gays seem to wrap themselves in.
I’m not saying I’m convinced this is the case; I’m just saying that it smacks of such.
Plus he had a picture of himself in San Francisco posing by the Golden Gate Bridge. Holy Crap, I have been there too in the exact same spot. I MUST be gay too.