Welcome Home Dear Matilda ... We missed your thought provoking posts :blowkiss:
Great thought Matilida ... Snip; Another thing that took be aback was learning that Tom was in Hawaii 1 month before he was murdered (Thnks for the KETV link Shanm132) and Dr. Claire Hunter was in Hawaii the date of the murders. This tidbit led me to questions about infidelity in the marraige. If either of the Drs. were engaged in an extra marital affair and Tom discovered this, that other person could have ordered a hit on Tom unbeknownst to the other party. The person could have been married with alot at stake if something like this were revealed. I wonder if Tom visited Hawaii a month before he was murdered with both his parents or only one. This is a difficult subject to broach but one that should be sleuthed IMO
Let's think about this further. One of the parents is having an affair, the "Other Woman or Man" is either a high ranking official at Creighton or King Science. To further complicate, perhaps it is a same sex affair. Thomas somehow knows of the affair, if it is a teacher from his school for example, he sees this person every day, perhaps he says something about the affair? This person is married with children, has a reputation to uphold, he begins to see Thomas as a threat to his well being, he has so much to lose. He knows what time Thomas gets off the bus, knows there is a window of a few hours that he is alone. Shirlee was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Tuba says the killer targeted Thomas, that there was a rage towards him and that Shirlee tried to protect him. This is beginning to make more sense to me now, within the terms of the info Tuba supplied via her chart reading. Now ... Hired Hit?