Last October, a housekeeper in Duncan, Oklahoma, walked into the home of her employers, newspaper publisher John Hruby, 50, and his wife Joy "Tinker," 48. She discovered a grisly scene, finding the bodies of both John and his wife, as well as that of their 17-year-old daughter, Katherine. 

Before long, investigators had a suspect. However, the identification of the suspect did little to soothe the horror the town felt in wake of the murders of three members of a prominent family. Alan Hruby, then 19 and a student at the University of Oklahoma, is accused of killing his mother, father, and little sister. His motive: greed. Investigators say that Alan Hruby, who was already serving a deferred sentence for fraudulent use of his grandmother's credit card, killed his family in order to speed up his inheritance and to keep from having to share it with his little sister.

Investigators say that Hruby scheduled tweets to make it appear as if he were in his dorm room at OU before making a quick trip home to kill his family. He is accused travelling home to Duncan to steal his father's gun. He then allegedly shot his mother in the kitchen of the family home, and when she appeared to be still alive, he shot her again. When his little sister walked in, Hruby admitted he shot her once. Police say he then waited for his father to come home and shot him in the head. Like his mother, Hruby allegedly confessed, his father was still alive after the first shot, so he fired again.

Reports say Alan Hruby then left the scene and drove to Dallas, where he sold his ticket to the OU/TX Red River Rivalry Game and then partied with friends at the Ritz Carlton while his parents and little sister lay dead in the family home.

After his arrest following the murder investigation, Hruby was sent to prison to serve the sentence for credit card fraud. He is awaiting trial on three counts of first degree murder.

At a preliminary hearing this week, reports say Hruby wept as the housekeeper described finding the bodies on October 13, four days after their murders. They say he wiped away tears as a police witness testified that the college freshman admitted to shooting his mother, then his sister, and then lying in wait for an hour before shooting his father. However, as prosecutors announced they would be seeking the death penalty against the suspect, and a judge ruled that there was enough evidence to bind him over for trial, Hruby sat stony faced, showing little emotion.

A judge has issued a gag order in the case.