The stupidity and evil of that other family is mindboggling. They deserve to be sued to the hilt.
I don’t think the reporter is putting forward the whole story here. The parents have domestic violence orders filed one against the other and there is now the matter of the pending divorce. Not an entirely flattering picture of the home.
Regarding the account of the events in questions; Temporary internet files should have shown the final messages that only the father reportedly saw, unless configurations were made to dump whole caches — not typical.
The “N for neglect” thing really bugs me as well.
Something tells me that at least in part, the case against the neighbors has been overstated and embellished.
The fact that two adults under active legal counsel are not naming the “responsible” neighbors is telling. As is the fact that they appear to have previously filed at least one small claims suit each, one against a landscaper and another possibly against an employer. The former tells me that culpability may not be so clearcut as the writer would suggest and the latter tells me that they are not avoiding suit simply out of some principle.
Not to discount the tragedy in any way, but I think the reporter saw heartstrings and neglected to look at the whole story.