[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by Thunderball

I have to agree with Vlad... if you look at the circumstances of the crime, if you're not immediately suspecting the husband, you're not doing it right.

Last minute vacation, weak alibi, nonsensical attack (centered on the face no less... that's pretty telling in many cases), leading AWAY from the room, not towards (if a woman was being attacked by a strange man, wouldn't she try to get to her husband?), so far no discussion on if there was any sexual assault. Has domestic all over it. The sequence of events just doesn't fit a local or a druglord-induced attack to send a message. But of course, this is conjecture based on what little has been released to the public.

Naturally, people assume it must be the "lawless, savage Mexicans." In my experiences in that country, I've found the biggest issue with Mexico is that its low price point, proximity to home, and language barrier attracts and exposes the non-sophisticated vacationer. It also attracts people looking to "cut loose" and do things they wouldn't do at home because they feel there are no consequences there cause its an "inferior nation" to Canada/US.

Of course...in the case of that mobbed up Montreal couple who were killed, a place where the guard was down enough for a hit to take place.

Originally Posted by Thunderball

To me its because he wasn't rational. Heat of passion, loss of control, the classic "whoosh" sensation automatism response, that old thing.

I figure if it was a drug deal gone wrong, or a guy with a mind to commit murder lurking loose in a resort, they'd have taken the time to carry something like a knife or gun.

Either way, its pretty sad stuff.

The top post sounds like he planned a whole trip around a killing yet in your second post you attempt to cover up the flaws Ken pointed out by saying it was done in the "heat of passion".

You can't have it both ways.

Until she wakes up we won't know what happened.