Hi all, I've been lurking here for quite a while now and thought I'd chime in and give my two cents. This crime is so horrific and I have been captivated by it. Every day I hope for new evidence or new information that will help to solve this heartbreaking crime.
If this theory or idea has been posted elsewhere, forgive me. I haven't seen any thoughts specifically on this, but I may have missed something in the last 9 threads. I also am hoping I have all the facts straight, but there is a lot of dispute, so again, forgive me if I have missed something.
A thought I have been having is that perhaps JW did not know what the money was for. It sounded like he may have been a bit on the outs with the family, at least as far as being PS's driving instructor (it was stated in the thread earlier that PS's new driver said the family was backing away from JW in that capacity). Perhaps JW was angered at this or upset in some way...maybe he continued to work for SS, but he was not pleased with the situation. Maybe he had no knowledge of the hostage situation and was simply delivering the $40,000, but decided to take a cut of it for himself. Maybe he felt he deserved it after all his hard work and thought he could use the money to further his own driving career. He dropped $20,000 in the garage (there is only about $20,000 calculated to have been found with DW, correct?) and kept the other $20,000 for himself. He texted a photo to his gf, maybe to show her that he finally got what he 'deserved' out of all of this. Then he left the area. If DW was expecting the arrival of $40,000, but only found $20,000 in the envelope, he could have been angered. This could have prompted the final call from SS to JW, which JW did not pick up. Perhaps DW, someone who is clearly psychopathic and off the rails, could have killed the family in anger when he did not receive all of the money that he was expecting. JW crying later on could be him not realizing the severity of the situation or not knowing that the family was being held hostage and feeling blame for the fact that the family may have died in part due to his actions. His lies at the beginning to LE could have been to try and cover the fact that he stole some of the money for himself. Perhaps he never intended things to turn out how they did, but he did intend to take some of the money.
Just a thought. JMO.