A similar crime was a turning point in how they are reported in the Republic of Ireland. In August 2016, Alan Hawe killed his wife, Clodagh Coll, and three sons, Liam, Niall and Ryan.
Her family were outraged that all the media focus was on the murderer - who he was, what he might have been thinking, what might have 'explained' his actions.
It was also noticeable that a lot of focus was on the poor murdered boys, but not their mother.
So they started a campaign called 'Her name is Clodagh', and it has had the effect of making murders like this less about 'the poor man must have been under so much pressure' or 'who can understand what goes through the mind of men that makes them do terrible things like this' - I remember both of those things being said on the radio about another murderer, Martin McCarthy, who in 2013 drowned his own daughter and killed himself rather than let her mother have custody.
Local people said things like They were a lovely family and he was a hard working farmer and father, He was a hard working, industrious man who loved his family, No can say what happened – no one can judge.
Watching the coverage of the deaths of these most recent victims, the focus is definitely on Vanessa Whyte, Sara Rutledge and James Rutledge.
Clodagh Coll's legacy