Has anyone seen anything (in MSM) about drug/alcohol testing? Or does anyone know, do we normally hear about those results prior to some sort of trial?
I'm very interested to know if there was something that triggered this. Like you said @oviedo it's frightening to think that this can just *happen* so quickly assuming nothing else is going on other than mental illness. I know, after following cases on here, there are questions that we may never get the answers to but I would really like to understand more what's going on here.
What ? Was the 18 year old married or is it referring to his parents divorcing ???A divorce?
Kyle WilcoxVerified account @KyleMWilcoxTV 3h3 hours ago
BREAKING: According to court documents, Matthew Bernard’s cell phone may contain information identifying a motive. Bernard is the suspect in last month’s triple homicide in Keeling @ABC13News
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Kyle WilcoxVerified account @KyleMWilcoxTV 3h3 hours ago
The warrant says the phone was recovered in the front yard of Bernard’s home and “may contain information identifying a motive for these shootings.”
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Warrant: Cell phone might show motive behind Pittsylvania Co. triple homicide
September 13th 2019
"PITTSYLVANIA Co., Va. (WSET) -- Court documents reveal there might be a possible motive in a triple homicide last month in Pittsylvania County.
The 18-year-old charged in the murders of his mother, sister, and nephew was in court Thursday morning for an arraignment where a judge officially charged him with three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony....
In new court documents released Friday, September 13, it shows investigators found an iPhone in a black case in the front yard of the phone.
Investigators said the phone was shown to Bernard's father, who identified it as his son's phone.
The Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office got a search warrant to search for digital data, including voicemails, call history, electronic messages, social media activity, and historical call phone location data.
Virginia State Police investigators have searched social media sites and found posts from Bernard indicated he was going through a divorce and to "never underestimate a Bernard." The posts shows a photo of him holding his nephew.
Investigators believe his cell phone information will show where Bernard was when the crimes happened and may contain information identifying a motive for the shootings....
He's scheduled to be back in court on November 6."
Warrant: Cell phone might show motive behind Pittsylvania Co. triple homicide
The warrant said the deceased female was in the bedroom with blood on her chest and the baby was in the bed shot in the head - I’m wondering is she heard him kill the dog and got up and he shot her as she walked toward him? IMOI wonder if it was his way of saying he was planning to divorce his family?
Its chilling he has a photo of him holding his little nephew.
I also felt all along LE would find social media sites of his thoughts, and communications.
I also feel now, he took his clothes off to make sure he didn't have any DNA, including blood spatter of his victims on his clothing, which he knew would be found if he was clothed. Didnt they also find the murder weapon away from the home?
Imo, The voices in his head were his own as he thought about carrying out his premeditated plans.
I think he even tried to fool his own family before doing it. Was he cleverly plotting out his defense before carrying it out?
I think it will be learned he was above normal intelligence. He had carefully planned all of it out beforehand. Imo That is why the drastic change went from fine like his uncle said he was to him setting up pretending he changed drastically in a blink of an eye. That too was part of his pre plans. Imo
So, did LE also assume a naked man meant he was mentally ill? Maybe just maybe he was trying to hoodwink all pretending he was mentally ill when he was just trying to project he was? Or maybe the real reason was if found clothed he knew it would instantly show by the evidence he was guilty?
It seems he shot them all at very close range with even being contact wounds if they found human matter as well.
Does anyone know if he shot his sister, and precious child while they both were sleeping side by side?
Sigh. I'm afraid this is going to turnout to be another monster who premeditated to destroy the lives of totally innocent victims.
Jmho
Thank you so much for all you do to keep us informed about this heart shattering triple homicide case, and so many others. You are such a valuable asset we are so blessed to have.
I, for one, never doubted he had a motive for why he destroyed his wonderful family.
It's a good reminder we shouldn't just assume any murder defendant was mentally ill at the time. Especially when it rarely is ever the actual cause.
I felt from the beginning the true motive would be uncovered at some point in time by LE Usually in most cases the real motive for doing horrendous murders like this murderer has done will become known.
I believe he premeditated these murders, and then carried them out like he had already thought about doing beforehand.
His attorney who asked the court to have him mentally evaluated is routinely done by all defense attorneys, and not just in this one.
I pray that justice will be done for brutally murdering these three defenseless victims.
I have said countless times over the years many times that murderers only let others see how they want to appear to be, and not what is truly in their evil minds, and dark heart.
They often hold deep dark secrets, and hopefully all of his evil secrets will come out the darkness into the light. His 3 helpless victims deserve no less.
Sadly I don't think it will be any different in these senseless murders than all others are.
God bless the grieving, and shattered families.
Jmho