Judge Hanke declares Deyette not guilty, dismisses jury
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If you want to keep Teen 1 anonymous, as you surely SHOULD, don’t print her father’s name.
We were asked by the family to anonymize Teen 1. They did not request that we anonymize the father.
Please don’t be an idiot John. You are far too smart to hide behind this asinine excuse. Even if no one asked you to hide the identity of the father, you are smart enough to realize that his name reveals who the teen is. Come on, man, you can do better than this.
Why so upset? The Monitor is on good terms with this family. We have spoken with them several times, in person and on the phone, and we feel they would let us know if they had concerns.
We previously identified the victim’s parents in articles on July 21, 2024 and Jan. 5, 2026. They did not object to this, and, in fact, Noah (a professional photographer) provided some of the pictures for our 2024 article.
Our feeling is that the parents’ intent is not so much to keep the teen’s identity a deep, dark secret that no one can ever unlock, but rather to exercise a bit of discretion to prevent her name from appearing in random google searches.
Again, if they had concerns, we believe they would tell us.
Okay, fair enough. If it were me, I would go out of my way prevent this very innocent teen from being identified and embarrassed, regardless of whether I was required to protect her or not, and regardless of whether others thought she could be hurt by it. But I’m not a journalist.