Jill and Julie Hansen

[Rayroy]

Some things bother me here. If the re-enactment is correct, no gasoline was poured in the father's room, only one twin.

The feeling I get here is that Donnie is a narcissist and maybe envy played a part in him killing a twin sister. He may have realized he killed the wrong one, then killed the other.

I don't think the father is correct he was trying to kill him for insurance.

If he had accomplices, from what I've learned observing narcissists is that they befriend people they assume are lesser than they. The only time they make friends with people whom they perceive as better, is to get something from them. If he had accomplices, they were gutter trash in my opinion so they would have bungled any crime. Maybe he yelled get out of here to the dog, or faked yelling at someone because he knew the mother was there and he could claim he saw someone.

I think he shot both sisters and the neighbors might have been mistaken, or it could have been two people who walked by seeing the place on fire and were mistaken for accomplices.

I think the parents know more than what they are admitting. He might have been molesting one of his sisters and got caught and looked at himself as the victim and did her in because he was going to be punished or he was yelled at and he got angry and got even. If he had accomplices, he likely came up with some BS story to trick them into helping him. I don't believe the father for insurance was the plan. There would have been gasoline in his room first.

Also, gasoline really stinks. Why didn't the twin who initially survived mention this? She also had just awakened, so maybe she was groggy. I don't know if she would have made it out of cross-examination if the lawyer questioned her properly and asked questions that would have sewn doubt. I think the other twin was the target. We obviously are hearing what Unsolved Mysteries wanted us to hear, so we don't know how much any of the story is true or false. From what I see, I think one of the twins was the target. I'm sure Donnie sees himself as the victim being the outsider in that house.

Of all craziness, this could have been done on a dare or an initiation. Maybe it was mafia involved and when they saw the sister could implicate Donnie, they had her killed so he would walk and could pay them what he owed them.

In reality, only Donnie knows what happened, and that canary won't sing.

How do we know the father is not involved in some criminal activity, and things happened because of that? We don't have access to the family laundry, and it appears a lot of their laundry is very dirty.

[TheCars1986]

It wasn't mentioned on the UM segment, but at Hansen's trial, there was testimony from neighbors that within minutes of hearing the gunshots, they heard a car squealing away from the area. Hansen's prints on the murder weapon were coated with white dust, which at his trial it was conceded that he handled the weapon after using the fire extinguisher. The two teenagers who were mentioned on the UM segment seen lurking around the house were identified and one of them testified at Hansen's trial that he and his friend were hiding from sawmill workers on the night of the murders, but the sawmill owner testified that the mill was closed that night. One of the teenagers had ashes on his coat.

[mwcarolina]

Just read Donny died May of last year. I bet he sadly didn’t even leave a confession or anything on who helped him commit his crime before he died!! What a real class act as a human ����

[Mike82]

My guess is that Donny is such a psychopath or sociopath that he was able to convince himself he did nothing wrong and it was the two accomplices (assuming they existed) who went rogue and set the fire & killed the sisters while he heroically pulled one sister out and tried in vain to put the fire out. The vomit inducing obituary to him and his "pious" lifestyle is exhibit A. Then again, a lot of people with bad skeletons in their closet tend to become super religious so who knows?

I remember a few years back I dug into this case because it seemed like they unfairly treated Donny based on the arrest and made him out to be a total monster. Turns out, the show was pretty spot on (if anything they downplayed how guilty he was) and Donny is more obviously the culprit than both Casey Anthony and OJ Simpson.

[mwcarolina]

Originally Posted by Mike82

My guess is that Donny is such a psychopath or sociopath that he was able to convince himself he did nothing wrong and it was the two accomplices (assuming they existed) who went rogue and set the fire & killed the sisters while he heroically pulled one sister out and tried in vain to put the fire out. The vomit inducing obituary to him and his "pious" lifestyle is exhibit A. Then again, a lot of people with bad skeletons in their closet tend to become super religious so who knows?

I remember a few years back I dug into this case because it seemed like they unfairly treated Donny based on the arrest and made him out to be a total monster. Turns out, the show was pretty spot on (if anything they downplayed how guilty he was) and Donny is more obviously the culprit than both Casey Anthony and OJ Simpson.

Honestly I feel Donny DID have accomplices. That’s who I think he was yelling to “get out of here” to. My guess is the plan was the shoot the sisters (but one surprised him and he got the other then burn the house and killed the rest of the family.
Agree, I think he likely has convinced himself he’s done nothing wrong

[tvscript124]

This has to be one of the most unanimous "he did it" cases discussed on this board, right up there with Mark Nichols. We all agree.

[Ijustwantchocolate]

I think you are on the money, that he had help.