I’m seeing Lauren as a sociopath.
The definer is the long term actions, not the killing. One thing to kill someone, another to burn then bury the body, but by lots of charcoal first etc. A pregnant woman at that (no effort to save the baby). The amount of blood spatter also shows someone out of control, not just angry.
***someone out of control***
or sociopathic?
Perhaps Laurean was so obsessed with Maria...*if* she made an effort to *let bygones be bygones* & leave Camp LeJeune ...he could not accept that she would be completely out of his life.
Is it possible that he viewed the MPO as a form of continued involvement in her life? And, having to confront one another in a possible Article 32 proceeding also kept their lives tied together.
His response to her rape accusations have not been reported. Did he adamantly refute them, or did he take some sort of sociopathic pleasure in admitting he had sexual encounters with her?
Just pondering.