I think we can infer from the sheriffs comments(ritualistic murder) that these people where tortured.
I think he said they believe 'witchcraft' was involved because of the weapons used (
why?), the way the bodies were positioned (
how?), plus the proximity to the blue moon (
nonsense).
I haven't heard anything implying torture from LE, at least not yet. These poor victims were brutally murdered, but 'torture' implies something even beyond that, at least in my view.
Am I recalling correctly that LE named the cause of death as blunt force trauma? If so, does that mean the throats were slit postmortem? That might be meaningful to a profiler. Wish I knew more about it.
Coupled with the fact that three people were subdued leads me to believe there were more than one murderer.
That could be. Or maybe he enforced compliance at gunpoint.
Another possibility is that one victim was at home (I'm guessing that, at age 77, the mother was retired), then the two sons arrived home at different times, so he subdued them one by one. Or maybe there was an element of trust/surprise that made it easier for the perp. There was no forced entry and from the little I know so far, I suspect the perp knew the victims.
Depending on the angle of the gunshot wound, they may be able to determine the approximate height of the perp; the throat cutting could indicate right or left handed, etc. The crime scene probably contains a lot of info. I just hope LE is focusing on it thoroughly and objectively. So far, what they've said is concerning to me, though.
