I had heard early on that his family had been wiped out in the flood. That was later changed to his being a perfectionist and was overworked and distraught by all he was seeing. On Rush today, if I heard correctly, the real story is that he had gone home after work and found his wife raped and the whole family murdered.
That's right. Someone from LA in the know emailed Rush -- it was a friend of Rush's so he trusted the info and the friend wanted it to get out.