I think this case remains a particular fascination because of the manner in which the murders were carried out and concealed afterwards. The sheer horror of the murders were not lost on members of the press either; five members of the same family and one of them a beautiful ex-model is the kind of stuff the media dream of.
However, ultimately it was the culprit that horrified us. A seemingly pleasant and good-looking young man with everything that life could offer at his fingertips, is actually a cold-blooded mass-murdering monster.
It may have asked some searching questions of how we perceive each other and the case held a mirror to our obsession with appearence and habit of taking things at face value. A seemingly ordinary, decent middle class family had a killer in their midst and exposed a dysfunctional family at the heart of the drama.
It also highlighted issues of mental health, religion, middle class attitudes, education, age-gap relations and adoption. It also highlighted that in this world...........evil knows no bounds.