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The interview with the ADA occured yesterday early afternoon (probably in time for the noon news, which is when I first saw the story), at which time the victim had not been identified.
In this instance, at least, there was no surprise provided by the newspaper.
The media sucks about a lot of stuff, but death notifications they are pretty good about.
There was an instance recently, though, where the media got info out before the notifications occured. I think it was related to that Phila woman who got swept into the storm drain at the bus stop? One of the channels provided details about a tattoo on the corpse that identified her to her family prior to the police notification occurring.
Some of the training I've had on Line of Duty Death covers the dreaded "notification" topic ... what to do, what not to, and how to avoid info going out through the media before the family are notified. It's pretty intense stuff.
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