identity crisis and ashes to ashes - the answer is not that the murderer is played by the same character
best of luck - this is a cracker

the victims were both in "The Golden Girls". Leslie Nielsen was Rue Mclanahan's uncle lol.

The specific method by which both victims were killed, particularly that second strike to make sure that they were dead.

well done! Particularly that Patrick held the murder weapon behind his back in exactly the same way before he went for the fatal swing. But really, very well done.