This is not allegation or propogation of rumor. It is speculation and the same avenue that law enforcement is taking as I type.
AGGRAVATED MURDER AMONGST JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
Nothing official has been released about motive or Holt's background.
Let's assume Holt's Parent's neighbors are right that Holt was a JW.
It seems ABC News has stretched the story and claimed Holt was in the same congregation as Hiechel.
Why are none of the Jehovah's Witnesses in the area validating those claims but instead refuting them on discussion boards and comment threads?
... Why are there no pictures of Holt and his wife on Hiechel's Facebook page? Wouldn't couples that lived so close together and from the same congregation spend photographic moments together and be close friends?
Something isnt adding up.
Let's assume there is truth to the claim Holt was in Hiechel's congregation.
In my mind there is only one motive. Holt and Hiechel had an affair. It may have been spontaneous and a one time event or a continuous liason living so close together. Heichel felt guilty and wanted to approach the elders, Holt was violently opposed to the idea and made certain Heichel could not approach the elders for a confession of the affair.
Carrying it even further, Hiechel may have been pregnant with Holt's child. After all starting a family was on her bucket list and Husband wasn't for it. The guilt from the affair and pregnancy could have been too much for Hiechel to carry. She needed to confess to the Elders.
Holt could not allow that to happen because it would jeapordize his marriage and reputation as a JW.....
No wonder Holt is on suicide watch
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Report-Holt-Heichel-were-members-of-same-church-175169201.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2012/10/jehovahs_witness_community_mou.html
"Vaughn(Jehovah's Witness family spokesman most likely the COBE) declined to comment on accusations against Holt, who is a Jehovah's Witness and was acquainted with both the Heichels, possibly through Jehovah's Witness gatherings, investigators said. Several small congregations of around 100 people each meet at different times in the same Kingdom Hall."