Maybe. His grandparents had kicked him out, giving him the deadline of Aug 1. He told the detective (I'm assuming the woman on the stand was a detective...I missed the beginning) that he started moving out when the grandparents first told him - he didn't wait until Aug 1.
I wonder if he had been staying with his GF/wife...and I wonder how that was working out.
I can't help but think he killed in some very indirect way of securing housing for himself and avoiding any adult decisions for the rest of his life by spending it in prison. I don't think that was a deliberate thought in his mind to "move into" jail to solve his housing problems, just one that was there and pushed his actions to this level of violence. He set himself up for life, in other words.
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