I thought I would make a list of the reasons SG gave for murdering his wife from his own words in his confession. While this is not directly related to this case, I think it demonstrates how easy it is for things to spiral out of control. By all accounts, the Grants were also a happily married couple, both good parents to their children and so on. The list:
1. They argued over her work schedule-Tara informed him she had to do her job (note she did make more money than her husband)
2. During this argument she turned to walk away from him and he grabbed her, she slapped him.
3. He struck her back knocking her to the floor. She hit her head and got angry and told him that was it, she was taking the kids and this was the end of it and she was going to call the police because he had hit her.
Because she fell she started cussing at me telling me she would take the kids and house and I was going to jail and I would become the loser I always was. I then grabbed her neck to make her stop talking; instead I found myself squeezing and choking her with my right hand.
4. He began choking her. She scratched his hand.
5. At this point SG decides that he cannot stop because he will go to jail so he proceeds to choke her to death after he places something over her face.
One other note - he was having an affair with the au pair. The only logical thing about this is SG decides to kill her because he is afraid he will end up in jail once he had gone a bit too far. Otherwise this is a terribly senseless murder IMO. For some reason I suspect that Michelle Youngs murder will turn out to be as senseless as this one.
Knew I wouldn't last long, but I need to ask Jake something.
