The only reason they could even try this was because they were rich so the money did indirectly contribute to their deaths.I think a lot comes from the massive amounts of media attention certain stories get.
Some go a little too far but I can't say I feel sorry for them. Everything about it screams deathtrap and I see it as rich people thinking themselves untouchable.
Don't know how any sane person would want to do it.
It's sad, they may (or may not) have been good people and that one guy took his son so their family lost two people they loved but damn it was just a stupid thing to do to begin with especially in something that sounded so cheaply made to begin with.