Yet another reason why the book was such a better story. Early in the book they begin a search to figure out what the heck is going on. And Barbie was essential to that. Here, Barbie seems to have committed a crime, if I remember the first episode clearly.
Yes, it appeared that way when you saw him shoveling dirt on the husband of the woman he's currently staying with (can't remember her name) weather he killed him or not really isn't known.