blaine hodges was dead from a gunshot wound in the master bedroom. a .22-caliber pistol was on the floor by his side. >> it looked like blaine hodges had killed his wife and two young daughters and then set the home on fire and got in bed and killed himself. >> blaine hodges had recently had some difficult times. he had been fired from his job at the post office for allegedly stealing $4,600. >> he had been convicted of an embezzlement charge and was on the verge of going off to jail for a short period of time, so when he found that out, that would witness into the motivating fact that he maybe wanted to kill his family and take his own life. >> blaine was about to begin serving a six-month prison sentence for that crime. he had also been ordered to make restitution of $9,200, a sum he apparently did not have. was it possible that the prospect of jail and the large financial payment caused hodges to snap? at the autopsy, the medical examiner, dr. william macello, made a startling discovery. blaine hodges didn't have any soot in his lungs or breathing