After John Lennon was murdered it became less common for media outlets to publicize the identities of murderers beyond maybe a name and a mugshot. With the mor

After John Lennon was murdered it became less common for media outlets to publicize the identities of murderers beyond maybe a name and a mugshot. With the more recent shootings there has been a bit of a revival of going into the profiles of the murderers (mostly, it seems, on cable tv) but that is a bit of a departure of the norm.