 Why did the driver who killed Nancy and Reggie Laughton pretend to be drunk?
THE ULTROOM ERROR by JERRY SOHL Smith admitted he had made an error involving a few murders—and a few thousand years. As he did so the baby's knees hit the side of the play pen and young Laughton let out a scream—half from hurt and half from sudden lack of confidence in his new handler. "I tell you, the man said he was my brother and he made me think he was," Nancy told her husband for the tenth time. Nancy had taken a sedative and was asleep by the time Martin finished cleaning the .30-.30 rifle he used for deer hunting. Once inside, Nancy slammed the door, gave the baby to the stunned Martin and headed for the telephone.
 The driver did not have enough time to make up a more convincing story
 The driver did not have enough time to make up a more convincing story  To confuse the authorities so it would take longer for them to figure out his identity  To get a manslaughter charge instead of a murder charge  The driver was not pretending -- he was actually intoxicated