I don't see Q operation going to unscrupulous or unprincipled steps to advance the project. That's because this is good vs evil, and when you stoop to evil (action without right or provenance) you become open to a counter-action by the evil side, and they can undermine or claim.

Actions can only be taken with a right, with a justification where you have jurisdiction. For example, the Clowns, and the Cabal do all sorts of shite, and do this because they are already compromised, and do not care. But white hats cannot do that - they have to have correct justification.

So I cannot see the Q team "orchestrating" a murder in order to snap up someone. Anyone. BTW, that's entrapment.

My first hand guesses would be this: a) Baldwin is "owned" and was forced to do this with "we'll make it look like an accident, but you have no choice; we'll destroy you if you do not do this" or (less likely) b) Baldwin was put in this position of "accidentally" killing the target asa threat to him and/or the target's connections (i.e. husband, LW firm, etc)

the target might be a DS asset, like her husband (look at the instagram posts from her) - and by asset I mean, simply lower level minions who are caught up in the diseased system. More than likely this was a "message" to connections; Either Baldwin, the Husband, the husband's firm, someone else we don't know about yet, or a combination of any two or more of these. Alternatively, it was a ritualistic murder with occult intents, primarily.