As a local, I heard about the shooting and GB going missing when they happened, assumed the love triangle theory was correct when GB remained missing, and gave it little thought until the car and body were discovered on Friday.
Today I have read this whole thread and I have some questions that I didn't see answers to, for anyone who has been following the case closer than I:
1. Has it been confirmed anywhere in the MSM that Ilona worked at the Mission Valley Mall?
2. If not, has it been confirmed anywhere why she and SB were at the mall, especially at that hour? Last-minute Christmas shopping is a reasonable assumption, but has there been any evidence presented of this, such as receipts, packages in the car, etc.?
3. It's been reported both that GB was last seen at his home in Tierrasanta, and that he was last seen on Friars Road someplace. Has either of these sightings been definitively confirmed as the last one?
This may be the bizarre case the conflicting reports suggest it is, or a straightforward love triangle--or even a suspected love triangle--case.
Either way, what I see as sloppy journalism hasn't helped. Back in the Mesozoic age when I was choosing a career, I initially chose journalism. At that time MSM journalists were highly trusted as scrupulous and ethical in verifying what they reported. Woodward and Bernstein were heroes.
Today, meh, not so much. Seems like anyone that can type and look good on camera can become a "reporter."
/stepping off soapbox