On the morning of May 15, 2016, emergency responders discovered a house fire on Rossman Dairy Road in Moultrie, Georgia. Inside the charred home were the bodies of 20-year-old Alicia Norman and four friends — Jonathan Edwards, Reid Williams, Jones Pidcock, and Jordan Croft. Investigators determined all five victims had been shot before the fire was set, and the blaze was started intentionally after the killings.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation identified 25-year-old Jeffrey Alan Peacock, who knew the victims, as a suspect; he was arrested on May 18, 2016, and charged with five counts of murder and one count of arson. Peacock waived his right to a jury trial; at a bench trial the judge found him guilty on multiple counts and imposed consecutive life terms plus an additional 20-year arson sentence.

What details about the victims’ last hours or Peacock’s connection to them might help explain why this happened?