I am sorry if this has already been discussed upthread and I don’t remember, but I am very interested about the phone conversation that MS and SS had the night before his visit. P.63 -
https://www.scribd.com/document/761...-the-investigation-into-Madeline-Sotos-murder
D says that MS calls SS (02/24/2024) to check if he is going to her birthday party, to make sure that he was going. Whatever is said during this phonecall, it triggers SS.
“C said something was odd with Stephan and he was very upset. Stephan was anxiously looking for anxiety medication from C and D, but was unsuccessful. C said Stephan looked very stressed out on Saturday evening (02/24/2024). C said he felt that Stephan was more stressed out over something rather than upset at something, but had no idea what was stressing him out.”
This could suggest an escalation of some sorts in their relationship or the dynamics of their relationship, and possibly here we can start to imagine tension and a newly emerging uncontrollable MS and the idea of premeditation.