It's important to be clear here. The perp in this case is NOT a pedophile. He is a sexual predator, but not a pedophile. Unless, of course, you have some data not presented in the article that speaks to this man having had sex, or attempted to have sex with a per-pubescent child.
You’re expecting laymen to be casually familiar with the terms ephebophilia and hebephilia?
As you know, most laypeople use the term pedophilia to describe sex between an adult and any minor, whether that minor is 9 or 16. They aren’t using it in the clinical sense of “under 11” or “pre-pubescent.”