Nah- newspapers don't write obituaries- family members do. I'll bet his Mom wrote that glowing obituary. Or a sibling wrote it. Denial is not just a river in Egypt..
But the newspaper COULD have declined the obituary and the blood money they charge to run those over-long obituaries- as a matter of good taste and respect to the grieving mother.
Maybe this episode will stir enough outrage to change their editorial policies about running laudatory obits for child killers. This is obscene.
And I think the family PAYS for the obit.
Now, the question is how did they allow this to happen?