One newsie said it was believed the murder had taken place in the garage—I know newsies can say whatever they want, and that their comments, plus a buck, will get you a watered down cup of coffee at the diner, so I don’t know how much I should trust this comment.
Well, if it was the garage, then it gives him more cover for the crime of passion/blind rage if he had a crowbar in the garage. That appears less pre-meditated. Wonder why they decided to paint the living room first? Here's on link to the painting stuff.
WRAL
..."Brown has challenged Cesar Laurean's assertion that Lauterbach killed herself, citing what he described as evidence of a violent confrontation inside the Laurean home – blood spatters on the ceiling and a massive amount of blood on the wall. Someone apparently tried to clean up the blood, even painting over some of it, he said.
Neighbor Wanda Alander said she noticed paint cans stacked on the porch of the Laurean home before Christmas.
"When I went over there, the living room was already painted. (Christina Laurean) mentioned that they were going to do some more stuff, like paint the bedrooms and the garage," Alander said.
Alander also said she saw the couple burning something behind the house around the same time, while her husband claimed he saw Cesar Laurean driving Lauterbach's car."....