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As Elmer Banner sits in the Orange County jail, charged with murdering his wife and mother-in-law, newly-released police interviews detail bizarre activities in the family's Lake Nona home days before the alleged attack.
"He began to preach to the family, yelling and screaming Bible stories," Banner's 14-year-old son told detectives. Banner had never been openly religious, according to the teen.
But on February 18, the day before the shootings, the son said Banner began talking about a "family curse", according to police reports.
Another family member told detectives Banner bought white T-shirts for himself, his wife Debra, his two teenage sons, and his in-laws who were also living at the house. That night, Banner gathered the family together in the living room to hold hands while he told Bible stories for more than five hours, according to reports.
"He's never done that before," said the son in the police report.
Banner also discussed his desire to visit a nearby body of water, said the teen.
"He talked about Lake Nona being the fountain of youth," his son said.
Around 7 p.m. the next evening, after returning home from a movie, Banner called his 14-year-old son into the garage.
"He ...
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