Looking over all the responses up to yours, looks like you are the first to introduce the word "race".
Do you plan to answer your own question?
I may have been the first to mention the word race, but Timesink was clearly wondering what race the mother was, and he clarified his point to me later on in the conversation regarding the media's PC reluctance to show the race of criminals in a particular case, particularly if they are black- I believe this the case some of the time, other times not. In this case the woman's name was not printed because had not been charged, not because of her race- her name has since been released.
No I don't believe her race is relevent- evil is evil, and she should be punished to the full extent of the law for her vicious act.