Here are my nagging questions of late:
1. Who plans to kill someone on usually the most laid-back family-oriented day of the year? Of note: it is a long weekend for many; it is low staff for police force on the day; it is a high travel time before and after; in essence the timing buys time and speaks of planning and not of spontaneous behavior.
2. KB from all appearances is doing everything as she normally does and appears unsuspecting, the question becomes what does her life interfere with that is worth PF's freedom because he knows he he will stand a 99.999% chance of going to jail for life? It cannot be custody because he is in jail. It cannot be for his mother because she loses him.
Good Questions!
Regarding the holiday: I don't see PF as a 'normal' person
who celebrated holidays in the traditional sense. I see him as
a bit of rag-tag rough tough almost feral in terms of manners
and social behavior. I think he raised himself. I'm convinced
his upbringing included neglect, inattention and deprivation.
I believe he is still reeling from his parents' divorce. Some boys
never recover from the father disappearing from the home.
Somehow KB's criticism or rejection of him caused immense
"psychic injury" to PF. She probably called him out for all
his weaknesses and his irresponsibility and immaturity.
PF was still a boy playing 'cowboys and Indians'. He had no
responsible path in life. He had part time gigs to play at
making money. Enough to satisfy mommy. But not enough
to satisfy KB. KB's rejection hit him to his core. Like a bad
thorn stuck in his finger. In his simple, dumb mind he had
to get rid of that hurtful b-tch. Simple as that.