 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. Nancy had taken a sedative and was asleep by the time Martin finished cleaning the .30-.30 rifle he used for deer hunting. Mrs. MacDougal was familiar with what had happened to the Laughtons and she agreed to keep an eye on Nancy and Reggie and to call the police at the first sign of trouble. This peaceful scene was disturbed by a speeding car in which two men were riding.
 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