Could faith have been part of what was going on here?

It’s a reasonable question to ask, but it needs to stay a question. A person’s faith, family life, or work pressures can be part of their circumstances without any one of them explaining a specific act. The available account here doesn’t establish that religious expectations caused his distress, or that investigators ignored evidence about them.

I’d separate what is documented from what someone is inferring, then look for contemporaneous statements or records that could support the connection. If those aren’t available, the careful conclusion is that this context may be worth considering, not that it was a missing answer.

There’s a real risk of reading too much into a broad claim like “his faith put pressure on him to provide.” People in the same congregation can have very different beliefs and experiences. Without specific evidence about what he believed or felt, that framing could turn a possibility into a story that sounds settled.

That doesn’t mean faith should be ruled out. It means the same standard should apply to every proposed factor: what evidence connects it to his own words or circumstances, and what remains speculation?

I’d focus less on whether the investigation missed a single hidden cause and more on whether the public record leaves ordinary questions unanswered. What did he say about work, family, or faith in material close to the event? Were those topics actually examined, or are they simply less visible in summaries?

Even a thorough investigation may not be able to explain a person’s motives completely. Not finding one clear reason is different from proving that no additional context mattered.