Some are so violent and heinous that often details are never shared with the public. I learned this one from a cop friend of mine. A little girl was sodomized and killed, stuffed into a trash bag and left in a storage locker. The killer had shoved a broom handle clear through her body and into her throat. This little detail was never release to the public. Sadly, my state has abolished the DP. This guy, a convicted pedophile, deserved the death penalty.
Many such horrible details are kept from the public, but are revealed to family members. Only the death penalty would bring closure to the grief and anger of many of these families.