Milly Dowler has been the main catalyst for sparking public interest in this.
But when she first disappeared stories quickly appeared about her as being, for want of a better word, 'difficult' and then it all went a bit cold.
This is a 13 year old girl. Who's not a bit bolshy at 13? Though I have to say that at that age I was an angel and continue to be.
While it was slebs, people were perfectly happy to pay a pound every Sunday for the NotW to delve into their private lives. And not just the NotW.
Surrey Police's investigation into her murder was woeful and possibly led to attacks on two other girls by Milly's killer Leon Bellfield.
They also trashed Milly's father, Bob, by leaking questionable 'evidence' of his interest in porn.
I don't like porn. But what kind of porn was Bob looking at?
I've been in on plenty of police briefings, both on the record and off. They give you steers and you help them. It's a relationship that is useful but could be poisonous.
The steers they give you might put you off featuring a particular investigation. Quite handy if you've no leads because perhaps your officers are being a bit lazy.
No matter how much I'm giggling about the misfortune of newspaper executives today, I really hope that police whose links were too close with NI will be next in the dock, along with other public servants and senior politicians.