Question M

[Jonetta]

What do you think triggered Gene to murder his mother now (as opposed to any other time in his life)?

[Charlene]

Was it his practice outside the home that bolstered his higher view of himself? Of course, her discovery of his bloody clothes would have cost him his perfect crime if she reported him to the authorities.

I don't know how much of himself he'd invested in his academic work and reputation. If he'd gotten away with his target crime, would he have just stopped killing?

[Jonetta]

I think her finding the bloody clothes, invading his private space sent him into a blind rage. Caught me off guard.

[Charlene]

I was flabbergasted when he took that bag from his car to his room, knowing how his mother was. Having said this, I hadn't expected her to be quite so nosy and invading a grown man's room while he slept.

[Jonetta]

She was an awful woman.

[Charlene]

Yes. One wonders why Gene stayed at his mother's house under those circumstances. He made lots of bad choices, too.

[Lauren]

Charlene wrote: "Yes. One wonders why Gene stayed at his mother's house under those circumstances. He made lots of bad choices, too."

Serial killer with mother fixations often live at home into later life so this made sense to me. It was his choice of victims that I had problems with.

He killed her because she was a threat to his plans.