Can I ask what was the motive for this crime in your opinions? Was it really about money/gambling debt/business debt or was it about attacking/raping SM?
Also, was this a pre-planned crime? Why choose a sledgehammer? Was it some last minute out of nowhere just decided to kill 4 people with whatever was lying around their house? Why kill them at all? I read in a CNN article that JM and CM were "good friends" who hung out together outside of work. Why would anyone murder their best friend? My head is clearly spinning.
What do CM's previous wives/girlfriends/mother of his kids think about this unbelievable act? It's not really fathomable that you could know someone capable of that.
I also read on CNN that CM was not charged with violent crimes in the past. How could this have been the first act of violence? One of the worst things I've heard of. My opinion.
This is so much to unpack at this late date. Did you watch all of the trial testimony? That may help answer some of your questions if you have not.
Personally, imo, he had a myriad of motives although financial greed/gain is certainly one of them, but not all of his depraved diabolical motives.
As for him having no violent criminal past actually is not an indicator of anything for him or any murderer. Many horrid murderers didn't even have as much as a traffic ticket before they committed the ultimate violent acts of brutal overkill homicides.
However many mass murderers like CM do have a criminal past much like he has done.
All of his prior crimes shows he had no qualms in victimizing others for his own financial greed.
Joey was CMs biggest cash cow so he had more secrets to hide, and the need to victimize him even more so than all of his other victims.
Imo, CM was out for good after Joey had already reduced his cut to almost nil due to the constant headaches CM caused him. CM is totally evil, and made sure if he was out he would make sure Joey wouldn't ever see a dime of the millions to come for EIP either.
It shows how deadly, and diabolical this truly is.
He felt by murdering Joey, and his family it would hide, and erase all of his illegal criminal activities, and hide he owed Joey over 42k he never planned to pay back.
Imo, he brutally raped Summer due to his abnormal hatred for her, and knowing he couldn't fool her. He knew he made her skin crawl just by being in his presence.
He savagely raped her because he wanted to, and knew Joey was helpless to stop him just like he murdered their precious little boys right in front of them both. Imo
He turned their happy home filled with goodness, and an abundance of love into a house of unspeakable horrors!
Jmho