The week after Thanksgiving, newspapers across the country made space to call out the disappearance - now murder - of Emily Sander, an outgoing, well-liked, and ambitious freshman at Butler Community College in El Dorado, KS.
It wasn't until a few days later, however, when reports began to surface that 18-year-old Sander was living "a double life as an Internet porn star," that the media mayhem really began.
"It's such an ongoing problem that media sensationalizes crime, especially when it's violent ...