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[quote=Anonymous]I followed this case a few years ago, and it was said Brian wanted to drive his car to PA for Christmas so he could transport some items from the family home back to his apartment. This sounds very plausible to me, as we often drive, instead of fly, to take items our kid left at home to their new apartment.

Also, I'm sure after some difficult years of Brian not fitting in and fighting addiction, the parents probably thought things were looking up, with him getting into a PhD program. If the dad is retired, I can totally understand him wanting to fly out and help with the long drive back to PA. It's safer with 2 drivers and lots of hours for quality time to chat with your adult son.

I saw the video of the police stop for Brian following a car too closely. The Dad looks relaxed and says they are both feeling "punchy" from driving for hours. He's chit chatting the cop, telling him what they plan to eat for lunch. Nothing suspicious to me. Meanwhile, Brian looks like a cornered animal. I'm sure he thought the police were on to him and he was about to get arrested. Meanwhile he's shooting daggers at his Dad for continuing to talk to the cop (who was at the passenger window).

Once home, putting a car in the garage is normal. When I visit my son, we put my new car in his garage and leave his old run-down car in the driveway in case of vandalism or theft. If snow is in the forecast, we put the car we plan to drive in the garage and park the extra car off to the side.

If Brian was walking around the house with gloves and the family took it in stride, I would say he's had quirky habits in the past and they just shrugged it off. If it was completely new and weird, I'd wonder if my kid was developing OCD, but I would never jump to "he just committed a murder".

From Brian's perspective, I think he was perhaps worried about exactly what happened - police getting his DNA from household trash. Yes, him putting some trash in the neighbor's can was probably him hoping the cops wouldn't look there. He didn't realize they were already watching the house and saw this. But I've never heard that his parents saw him using the neighbor's trash can.

Back to the morning of the murder, I do not find it odd that he called his mother. If a person has just done a really bad thing like murder, their stress level is off the charts and they are probably in need of some regulation. Calling mom is a form of comfort, trying to feel normal again. Maybe even worried if you get arrested, this could be the last time you talk to her when she thinks everything is fine.

From her POV, it may have been normal for her loner kid to call her when he needed some connection. Her biggest worry was probably that he might use drugs again, or that he was having personality issues with his professors or fellow students. So if he wants to talk at 6am, then she's going to be there for him. After Alex Murdaugh killed his wife and son, he drove right to his mother's house. Moms represent comfort and safety.

I highly doubt Brian confessed to her that morning. Certainly she would have told her husband, and Dad wouldn't have been so chipper and it's doubtful he would get in a car with a murderer. Brian wanted to do the perfect crime and get away with it. I think he planned it months in advance.

And in the winter if you are crossing the country, don't you take the southern route, even if it's a bit longer, to avoid icy driving conditions on a northern route? Again, something I have done more than once in January.

The sister provided nothing of value with this interview. I didn't want to hear about them celebrating Brian's birthday with a cake and candles or giving him a paper heart to hold in court (why was that allowed?). For someone who was about to get a job providing mental health counseling, she came across as very clueless. Making the argument that Brian wasn't violent by saying he held her hands back to de-escalate a fight between them kind of said the opposite. That they were both getting physical and he used his strength to overpower her. So they both come to blows over something? Sounds very dysfunctional.

I'm sure it's traumatic to find out a family member has committed a crime that's all over the national news and to have reporters staking out your house and to have the social media crowd accusing your family of knowing and trying to hide it. And imagine the PTSD the parents feel from having a SWAT team breaking their windows at 2am and coming in guns blazing then carting off your son in handcuffs. And you were sleeping, maybe not fully dressed and suddenly have lights in your face and flashbangs ringing in your ears. And then to realize your son murdered 4 lovely young college students and will now serve life in prison. My God, their stress levels must be off the charts.

But not as much as 4 families who have no answer as to why their beautiful children had to suffer such a horrible death. Their grief will never end. And Miss mental health counselor with the edgy blue hair thinks it's ok for these families to hear that she loves her brother and will blow out his birthday candles since he can't be there. Just ick. Go away. And take my kid's birthday reminder out of your digital calendar.[/quote]

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