One flaw for her, dear love....Was that "He couldn't afford to divorce her"
JMO
I truly don't understand this. The way it works here is that a divorce is a no fault, 50 50 split of all the assets they have as a married couple.
It wasn't that he couldn't afford to divorce her, but that he didn't want to end up financially bereft. This is surely the most important factor. If they'd divorced, they'd both be really financially screwed .. esp considering his massive debts. There would have been minus amounts in the pot to split between the two of them. She would have nothing, he would have nothing, they'd prob both have to go bankrupt, and he would prob have had to pay child support IF he was earning more than she was.... but then on the other hand, perhaps even he wouldn't have to pay CS if he was on a very low income.
If he'd gone bankrupt, he wouldn't have had to pay any of it back because he has dependents.
Killing her and getting the money really was for him the better option ... he thought.
My ex got us into a lot of debt. It's interesting to see how narcissistic people do this and it's about maintaining the 'story' they've built for themselves. His story is being rich and successful, having a trophy wife and small children...
And then suddenly the debt starts to hit the fan and he's in trouble, so he has to sacrifice something in order to continue to maintain his 'story'. His wife is the one to go because if she is dead, he can continue to be wealthy and successful.
Any narcissism test or indeed psychopathy test (lots on the web if you care to look) show lack of empathy and guilt as one of the fundamental cores of the disorder...
He totally
could have afforded to divorce her... and she could have afforded to divorce him.
He just chose to kill her instead because that was the 'better option'.