I feel sorry for her, but especially the kids, but darn it, some ex-wives are visious wolves capable of putting any man over the edge.
I'm not saying she was, but I've workd with women who's pastime is looking for ways to torturer their ex, using the kids as tools.
Divorce is a horrable war sometimes.
I'm female, but sometimes the guy is the nicest person you want to meet, but gets stabbed in the heart so many times, he just can't take it anymore, and has a total breakdown.
There's always two sides to a story.
I'm not defending the guy, but a plausible explanation could be that the ole lady was squeezing him for every nickle the guy had. As I understand it, the woman lived in an affluent neighborhood, and he was a retired sheriff's deputy. With the help of our wonderful family court, this guy was probably paying his entire income to her for alimony and child support. Who knows, maybe she even turned the kids against him.
He was probably looking at another 13+ years (one kid was only 5) of forking all his money over to her, so she could live like a queen. Being already retired, that was pretty near the rest of his life. So rather than live the rest of your life in financial ruin, I can understand the guy wanting to off himself. However, killing your own kid is insane.
Men too. My ex is/was a nut. I used to have secretary on notice to advise me if my ex came to the office, I had an escape plan worked out.