1. I ask this question every time one of those 'people' stories breaks
It has to do with the sordidity index.
The 'sordidity factor' of a story is the fame of the parties involved multiplied by the perversity of the incident. Therefore, we get stories about J.Lo going to the food store, and some guy we don't know killing his pregnant wife.
If the pricipals in this story were trailer scum, yet with identical crime and circumstances, it would have been gone LONG ago. It's the porno rule: You're not gonna watch ugly people fuck.
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