At some point this piece of garbage developed a long-absent sense of conscience and began to communicate with the network of followers of this mystery and the police are now taking credit for "solving" the crime?
This doesn't absolve the parents of guilt the way I see it; they prostituted that child just as surely as they had undressed her and offered her up as a sacrificial gift to the great god of money and fame.
Shame! Shame on them, both.
I see no reason to blame the parents.