Definitely related.
So “Uncle Jonathan Lanza” may be a fake.
I wonder if the reporters bothered to ask for an ID? If someone was presenting themselves as a close relative in a case like this, I’d want to see two forms of ID, say a picture drivers license and a major credit card with the same name.
From the message board link above- the page before has someone tagging the “Uncle” being Jonathan Lee Riches. Looks like the articles all got scrubbed when it was outed....