Very true. However, I've been involved in cases much more distressing personally than this--the murder of my neighbor's daughter, a kindergartener, the murder of two of our clients within about a year, all three grotesque, violent murders. In all three cases, the ability to view them from afar was not an option. I was a witness. Been interviewed by the cops, the prosecutor, testified (and been beat up by criminal defense attorneys), all that stuff. But because I was a witness, and not an outside observer, I couldn't take a step back.
We are all outside observers in this case. We're not a member of the family and we didn't witness anything directly. People have deeply invested in this case for any number of reasons, and some have gotten into a state that bordered on hysteria. Because of that, it appears, no one is able to make corrections or to question. If one does so, the usual tactic is to insult, call names, flame and screed.