I have to respectfully disagree with you about TS. I think he is a killer. I don't know if this is his first time, but I think with having an alias by the name of Leslie Allen Rice that does looks very suspicious. Personally, I believe that he was totally manipulated by MAS into this tragedy.
MAS has to be the center of attention and we know she's a Daddy's girl. I believe that TS just followed orders from MAS. I wondered if TS had a crush on JL when he was working next door at Stiletto's Cabaret and that made MAS very jealous. MAS could have gave him an ultimatum - prove to me that you truly love me - by killing JL. Remember the fake wedding, it was MAS's way of having TS to prove his love to her then. MAS has proved over and over that she is a master of pychological manipulation. You can always see it in her behavior - when she is traveling to her recent court proceedings.
I agree that MAS is a master manipulator. After I read your post, I started thinking alot about Middle Child Syndrome. Below is a couple of paragraphs from a parenting website. IMO the article described some of the behaviors MAS has displayed on TV.
What is Middle Child Syndrome?
Middle child syndrome is a condition in which children born in the middle experience feelings of emptiness, inadequacy and jealousy. It is also characterized by low self-esteem and extreme introversion, sometimes even leading to psychotic behavior.
The middle child, unlike the eldest child and the youngest child, is not given much attention. They have to go the extra mile just to get some of it. Middle children tend to be achievers because they need awards to be recognized by their parents. Sadly, this also goes the other way around, they can be very troublesome and determined to get noticed even if it means getting scolded at or punished.
Because they lack emotional support and guidance from their parents, they will always have a sense of low self-esteem. These feelings of emptiness and loneliness make them not very friendly and maybe even weird to other people. Most likely, these negative feelings will also stop them from pursuing what they want.
Other observable traits of middle children are insecurity and jealousy. Being raised in an environment where they have to compete for attention, it’s natural for them to have feelings of insecurity and jealousy of others. Seeing others easily get attention while they continue to strive for attention, these feelings of resentment towards others will continue to build up. All these repressed feelings of being unloved, unwanted or even hated can trigger an extreme case of middle child syndrome where they show psychotic behavior.