My theory is that Alex blamed Paul’s boating accident for the beginning of the unraveling of their comfortable lives, and his wife appeared to be in the process of separating from him.
He might have thought that killing both of them would slow down the financial meltdown. Whatever his twisted reasoning was, I’m sure he thought he could get away with it.
The Murdaughs sure were sloppy about handling and storing guns. Imagine a blackout goes missing and they shrug it off? Very strange.
Your theory seems to be a popular one that I also see as logical.
The attorney for the family of the girl killed in the boat accident said he was planning on filing a 10 MILLION dollar lawsuit.....couple that with disbarment, termination from the lawfirm, multiple financial crime charges pending a sick mom and dad and mix in some oxy and who knows what could happen.