Did you not notice that *after* the owner of the pet store was arrested on suspicion of murder that that story disappeared down the rabbit hole?
First came the abundance of photos he took of the two boys running around nearly naked in his shop, after hours.
Then the media lost interest.
I contacted the coroner on that case and explained how constrictors kill and what happens. After I got off the phone with him, he contacted a few other herpers I know and suddenly, the story went dark and the murder angle was the last thing I heard.