A hero schoolgirl who was stabbed to death while protecting her friend from an ex has been identified as tributes were paid to the “beautiful soul”.
Her name was Elianne Andam.
It always enrages and bewilders me when they keep the person anonymous in headlines instead of saying their name
There was some confusion about her first name at first, though, so I can kind of see why they did here.
Yeah but the link to the article included the name, so I am not sure that is a good excuse. They seemed to have the name when creating the article, otherwise how could it show up in the URL?
The name in the URL is the wrong one, though - her first name is misspelled.
You are correct, I missed that.
It’s simply because a headline like this is much more useful for people coming to the story for the first time, or who aren’t deeply familiar with the story. It’s not a sleight on her. Also at the time of publication, I think her name had only recently been released by the police.
I agree that the BBC’s style of headline is better, though https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66942594
