Sad story, but lucky no one was blamed

I was reading this article and just thought about how lucky it was that someone wasn't singled out and blamed before the truth was discovered.

I'm sure the police had suspects at the time, but this really does highlight why innocent until proven guilty must be followed, because sometimes, like this, there aren't any guilty people, just sad and unfortunate circumstances.

I may be corrected on this, but it's also lucky that the names of any suspects weren't released, because there's no innocent until proven guilty when mob mentality kicks in.