I think he could have got carried away with a wild west theme.
I wouldn't be surprised if it has been a fantasy of his to have an actual shootout.
It has been one of my theories.
Just days before he was accepted into a Wild West gun club.
Who knows what Lynn was carried away with, or for that matter, by.
He made sure there were no witnesses to the events at the camp site, so we have no precise knowledge of how it was set up, what state he was in or what went on.
Having read of him previously killing things that ‘annoyed’ him (though I’ve not heard whether he had triggers other than ‘annoyance’ e.g. alcohol or drugs) IMO it’s not a stretch to think he simply killed Russell & Carol because Russell annoyed him.
Lynn said “The scene was horrendous “
A blood-soaked tent and camping furniture with splatters scattered across Hill's ute, inside the seats and across the passenger door.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he stabbed or shot Russell through the tent. … Carol then tried to run, she may’ve tried to get in the vehicle to flee, but he shot her.
All just my thoughts.
We’ll likely never get a story from him that has a ring of truth to it, but irrespective of his account, and the jury’s decision - I believe his sentence for Murder must be significantly increased for various reasons: not promptly reporting the “accident”, for leaving the victims families in a state of pain & ignorance for some 20 months, and a state of pain & loss for ever more, for his destruction and stealth of their property, for his interference with their bodies, and for the total disrespect he exhibited when he set them on fire.