blane 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 lane hodges had killed his wife and two young daughters and then sat in bed and killed himself. >> lane homadges had had some difficult times. he had been fired from the post office for allegedly stealing $46. >> he had been convicted and would be going to jail for a period of time. when you found that out it may have been the motivating factor that he may have 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 also had been ordered to make restitution of $9200, 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 made a startling discovery. blaine hodges didn't have any soot in his lungs or breathing passages which would have been present had he set the fire before killing himself. and blaine's body revealed even more telli