Man Who Shot Firefighters: It Gets More Bizarre

NYT story posted tonight on interviews with people who lived next door to killer William Spengler.  A woman says that within 15 minutes of meeting him, just after buying the house next door, Spengler confessed that he'd killed his grandma on the staircase with a hammer.  The neighbor did not back out of her purchase--she considered Spengler just an old hippie--but had the staircase replaced.   Also:  She found the ashes of a previous owner of her house in the basement in a can.  A descendent says the guy wanted his ashes thrown against the side of a bar but it never happened.

Meanwhile, no one seems to know why he hated his sister (who he also murdered).  And no idea yet on where he got his killing weapons (illegally).