Comments on: Police: More info on Suisun girl’s death coming soon

By: Fairfield Resident

Fairfield Resident — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 06:36:30 +0000

I seriously doubt the young girl’s family and friends want to be reminded of the tragedy being plastered on the front page of the newspaper for the next few days. Out of respect, let us show some compassion and sensitivity, and let them grieve. Need we be reminded… Their loss is fresh and raw.

By: JBEE

JBEE — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:42:49 +0000

I agree with LIL.

By: Lil

Lil — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 00:24:44 +0000

Where did I ever say that it wasn’t on Saturday’s front page? My point is that is should be on the front page EVERY DAY. Not forever, sure. But Monday’s paper, the only thing about this death was on page 3. Sorry if I think that a young girl being killed on Friday deserves more than page 3 by Monday.

By: Fairfield Resident

Fairfield Resident — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:43:19 +0000

Sorry Lil – I get the newspaper daily, and this was on Saturday’s front page. Get your facts straight.

By: Lil

Lil — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:30:34 +0000

So a child gets killed in our town and it’s not important enough to have coverage on the front page, three days after her death, only the first day? That is not right. Today’s story is about the guy who found her, poking at her body. This is local coverage of a child being killed in our community. I do read the newspaper everyday. I’m not making snap judgments. They should not have buried the story on page three so soon after the girl’s death. The fact that a child was murdered in our town should be the most pressing story and it is not getting the coverage that it deserves.

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:20:27 +0000

Hey Lil,
This is your big oops. You ranted about why this wasn’t front page news three days after she was found, and the reason is, it was front page news in last Saturday’s edition, the day after she was found.
The Daily Republic staff has been on top of this story from day one. It’s difficult to imagine how they could have done a better job reporting this story.
It is a hometown newspaper and the reporters and editors are very approachable. If you have a real issue with their reporting, contact them or their editors directly. If you have new information, let them know and they will follow up.
You’ve done what happens so frequently in these forums. You have about 10% of the available information, make a judgement about 100% of the situation and complain about things as if you are an expert in this field.
Try reading the newspaper everyday before making ridiculous comments condemning our local reporters and our hometown newspaper.

By: Truth be told

Truth be told — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:50:29 +0000

You know what’s even more interesting is that this sounds to me like it was mishandled from the very begging. Sounds like she was treated as a run away or just missing. Not as a possible abduction or something that would have raised the bar on trying to find this child. It didn’t become a huge deal until her body was found. So it would see that someone really screwed up. Surprise? No!

By: Lil

Lil — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:42:53 +0000

Why wasn’t this on the front page on Monday’s paper? A homicide of a teenage girl is not front page news three days after she was found? Her name and picture is plastered everywhere else. Sacramento news had interviews with family and friends, SF news had interviews with family. But our hometown paper is out of the loop? The Republic prides itself on being a community newspaper and this happens in our community and you guys practically ignore it. The main story in this town is NOT some guy from Vallejo who is in Mission Solano. It is the girl who was murdered. You guys printed some kind of “oops” article the other day about how you dropped the ball because you didn’t catch a typo in a headline. THIS is your big oops. I shouldn’t have to read SF newspapers to find out about the follow-up to a murder in my own town. Even Tuesday’s edition the highlight was on the excon, not the poor girl who was murdered in one of our biggest parks in town. Your coverage of this is really lacking.