"Does this story of Tushar humiliating Stephen Lindsay and Kaleb Charters point to motive?" Tracy Smith asked her.

"Yes," replied Fulginiti. "Definitely."

She says the fact that both men were in the U.S. Army Reserve might also play into lingering resentment.

"When you look at the Army Reserve, right, and you look at the Army or any of the military operations, I mean, they're taught respect," says Fulginiti. "And here he is feeding into that disrespect … and mistreatment."

The humiliations being 1) making them do pushups in front of other employees, and 2) withholding paychecks, as the screenshot says.

I could see how that would lead to murder doing that to the wrong person tbh. Blue collar guys go ballistic with even the slightest problems with pay. Add to that the perception that the CEO thinks less of them than a bug, a little mental instability, and this could happen.