Familicide is considered a rare phenomenon and therefore, difficult to track the motivating factors and causation. In this case, was he a possessively jealous person? Is it the threat of loosing a possession that might bring this type reaction to the surface? This trait came to the surface as the marriage deteriorated due to the external factors such as failing finances and pending domestic violence charges. It was those internal factors in the life of this husband that dictated that final, ultimate, and desperate act of maintaining control over what he considered his possessions.
