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Silent3

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15. "a failed suicide in a murder-suicide plot is still murder"... no disagreement there.

Reply to SYFROYH (Reply #14)

Tue Aug 22, 2023, 03:20 PM

Aug 2023

I was just curious if she expected to survive the event somehow (like trying to aim the impact to only effect the victims - stupid, but people have tried dumber things).

What a suicide attempt might have added to the story (but clearly didn't in this case) is a possible insanity defense.

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