It doesn't make sense in many ways at all WM would commit suicide. One thing is, if he admired Christ as DM claimed in WM's obituary, that would go against WM's religion/belief. According to the Bible, the only one who has the right to decide when we die is the Creator Himself. The Bible also says God has ordained the days of our lives. So, suicide specifically violates the will of God in a person's life.
I think a vast amount of suicides are by christians. Depression doesn't always account for the state of mind at any given time, from what i can tell. The last person I heard about that committed suicide was a mormon. They have pretty firm religious christian beliefs and it didnt stop them from taking their own life.
Also, WM had been looking very forward to this new project since at least early 2010. If anything, at the end, WM would have pulled the rug out from under DM and told him he was no longer the CEO or on MA's payroll. Did WM do just that telling DM to pack up his belongings at both the hangar and the house? Did his patience finally wear out for DM? He was patient and stubborn. I could see that happening, especially after many years of his adult son riding on his financial coat tails, no motivation or ambition to do anything to pave and earn his own way in life.
I think something connected to the 'project' may have been key, in WM suicide IMO. There is nothing to suggest that WM was in any way upset with his son and I seen nothing to suggest DM held a grudge against his father. The obituary was very respectful IMO.
IMO DM knew his father meant business and DM's only way to secure his future was to murder his father. He planned WM's murder so well he probably could have gotten away with it and LB's if he wouldn't have also murdered TB.
We don't know what the outcome of the trials will be. IMO WM's death was either the result of a hit or he did actually commit suicide. We do not know where LB is and as of now no-one has been convicted in case of TB. IMO WM was proud of his son right to the end, even if he did take his own life. Maybe WM felt like he was a burden to DM, this is not a one shoe fits all situation IMHO.
His hope was for a time when cooperation would be the norm. In DM's mind, it was worth the risk to murder his father to inherit his estate, then to be kicked to the curb with no job, no income and nothing worthwhile on his resume to land him a secure and well paid future.
There is nothing to indicate that DM was about to be disinherited. In fact I think any father of a lone son would desperately want to ensure his son inherited. MOO
I think AS hit the nail on the head when he said DM was a spoiled brat who didn't appreciate anything his father did for him. Was AS a witness to many discussions/arguments between father and son?
Sounds like AS wanted limited contact with DM and he dealt mainly with WM. After all DM was in charge of the construction end of MA and not necessarily anything else such as contracts. I'm sure AS heard a lot of griping from WM regarding DM.
I think AS didn't really know WM or DM too well and was forming an opinion based on his own prejudices. JMO I'm sure we would have heard about any arguments had AS witnessed any, AS didn't seem to want to leave out anything negative about whether it was true or simply his opinion of DM IMO Maybe it was easier for AS to brush WM off than DM. I haven't read anything about WM griping to anyone about his son and I think AS would have mentioned if it had happened. JMO
Again, it will be very interesting to hear what AS and other ex executives have to say when they finally take the witness stand during WM's case. Of course because WM is deceased he cannot speak for himself, witnesses will be able to relay this information to the jurors and it will not be classified as hearsay.
Unless the witnesses give a true and credible account, together with having been involved with WM directly, it will be classed as hearsay or not credible or a hostile witness IMO. Testimony isn't just automatically believed regardless of whether someones hand is placed on a bible or not. IMO
When evidence finally comes out in court, I think we will be amazed on how much direct and circumstantial evidence the Crown has against DM and how stupid he really was when carrying out the three murders. ALL MOO.
I guess only the evidence and the trial can determine that. Circumstantial evidence is not enough to convict someone in a true and just court of law. JMO
In May 2010, Wood revealed to airport consultants and planners that a potential investor had inquired about bringing in jetliners as big as a Boeing 757. He elaborated by email: "We have a customer telling us they would like to base a 757 here so we should try to accommodate that into our design … if possible."
I wonder who that potential investor was. Maybe we will find out at trial. Didn't WM own the hangar/MRO?
In the summer of 2010, Millard, then 24, attended a business meeting at the local airport east of Kitchener. There he represented his father Wayne. By the fall of 2010 the airport was preparing its expansion amid some uncertainty. Minutes of a design meeting state: "There was an indication that the Millard development may not immediately proceed."
In July 2011, the firm secured a building permit for a $6.4 million hangar on two hectares owned by the public. Construction launched on the red-roofed building. The hangar secured an occupancy permit in February 2012.
Maybe someone else was interested in obtaining/building/utilizing the hangar and it caused a lot of uncertainty. MOO
The farmland purchase...seems like a huge pay cheque for attending a few meetings.

Sounds logical then why DM would include this in WM's obituary.
WM was generous with others. There is no other indication as to how DM earned the money to afford such huge purchases. Of course unless he was running some sort of chop shop, perhaps dealing drugs or some other nefarious deeds. [/I] Now I can see many meanings/hints DM dropped while writing his father's obituary. MOO.
People can be on a payroll for simply being an owner/partner of a company. We also know that WM accompanied DM to view the farm. Maybe WM gave his son the money or at least funded it. Why wouldn't he ? Which hints were you referring to in the obituary as I can't see any myself. MOO
In May 2011, Dellen Millard bought the farm without conditions, a cash sale. It was listed for $899,000 and he purchased it for $835,000 from an older man who had raised livestock in the barn.
He viewed the farm with his father WM, nothing has been deemed to be out of the ordinary in this transaction and no rift has come to light between Dellen and his father.
A month later in June 2011, Millardair finalized a site plan agreement with municipal governments and applied for a building permit for a 51,516-square-foot hangar at the northwest corner of the airport, valued at $6.4 million. The building permit was approved in July 2011.The Millardair hangar was declared fit for occupancy in February 2012, Transport Canada did not approve maintenance work until months later on Nov. 1, 2012. The federal certificate allowed the firm to perform maintenance on aircraft components such as engines.
The certificate allowed MillardAir, but it also secured the way for any
future company to do MRO at that hangar/airport. FWIW. IMO.
In his role as a business development consultant to Millardair’s new Waterloo airport venture, Al Sharif was happy to have only limited contact with Dellen Millard the boss’s son and the guy in charge of hangar construction. As far as Mr. Sharif and other executives at the company were concerned, Dellen and his red mohawk spelled trouble.
“I thought he was just a spoilt little brat who had his way all his life and didn’t appreciate what his father was doing for him,” said Mr. Sharif. “He was an impediment to the hangar operation” who didn’t meet his deadlines, almost never arrived at work before noon, and refused to clear his collection of cars, jeeps, hot rods, jet skis and personal airplanes from the business premises.
If DM didnt appreciate what his father was doing for him why did DM show up to discuss the lack of contracts with AS? That is a clear indication that DM was in fact willing to question AS, defend his father and MillardAir as well as show appreciation for the company and his dad. IMO