Eric Sweeney, who was living with his brother at the time, told police that he had taken a shower and gone downstairs to his basement bedroom when "he heard something break" and a "deep, male voice yelling followed by multiple 'pops.'"
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11/8/23
Eric, who had been living with his older brother at the time of the murders, told police that he had taken a shower and gone downstairs to his basement bedroom when "he heard something break" and a "deep, male voice yelling followed by multiple 'pops,'" according to the motion.
He then told police that he waited a while before going upstairs, grabbed his sister-in-law's phone and keys, exited the residence, and drove off in a truck, according to the motion.
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There had already been issues with Eric as well prior to the
shooting, Sean told police.
"Sean told officers that there was growing tension in the family because of the defendant's behaviors to the point that the defendant would not listen to him and they were barely speaking to one another," the motion says. "He stated that he had installed a lock on the door to the master bedroom, in order to keep the defendant out of the room but that he didn’t believe that Kassandra locked the door, Sean told investigators that he and Kassandra wanted the defendant out of their home and had been taking steps to remove him."
Eric's claims of a home invasion were quickly debunked thanks to footage from a Ring camera and interviews with the tree workers who had been on the street that day, with both showing no one else entered the house that morning, according to the motion.