There's nothing to suggest he was kicked out, like it was involuntary. that's all the local news framing it. Like I was saying, irresponsibly. There had been a DV incident, a series of them, and she was considering a restraining order. He left, she didn't want him there, and he left, went to live in a motel in Mission Beach. The scene of the murders is a rental unit. That building is lease only.
That's the definition of pre mediated. He drove over with a loaded pistol, and executed them on the spot. He made a key for the purposing of accessing the unit, and a listening device to surveil them. Drove from Mission Beach, entered the complex, took the elevator to the 33rd floor.
So, at any of these moments he could have said, "wait stop, think about this, think about my daughter, think about whatever" and reversed course. But, he didn't.
He showed deliberate planning, and intent to harm, by bringing a loaded weapon.
Manslaughter or murder in the second degree would require no planning or foresight, like a bar fight or a gunfight, he went over there with the intent to kill and did, without hesitating, and confessed to investigators. And people are still trying out different narratives.
From the Union Tribune:
Abulaban is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, allegations of using a handgun in the slayings and a special-circumstance allegation of committing multiple murders, meaning he could face the death penalty if convicted and prosecutors choose to pursue capital punishment.
Prosecutors allege the defendant believed his wife was cheating on him with Barron, though Deputy District Attorney Taren Brast said Ana Abulaban had moved on from their marriage long before the shooting. Brast said the couple had been separated “for quite some time,” but the defendant continued to pursue reconciliation with his wife.
According to preliminary hearing testimony, the fallout of the Abulabans’ marriage was precipitated by incidents of domestic violence and indications that Abulaban had been cheating on his wife with other women.
A husband and wife who lived across from the Abulabans separately testified that about a month prior to the shooting, Ana Abulaban had knocked on their door and asked them to call the police because she said her husband had hit her. They testified that she asked to use their phone because she said the defendant had taken hers.