Sorry, I disagree. As a media/former journalist, I think there is far too much of the subjective language, words, phrases and descriptions that add nothing to the real story or have no explanation. They're there for the "shock and awww" factor, to drive reader emotion. The story itself is real-life murder and mayhem in small town Iowa, the article is too much author-driven. My first glances were on the inside page and within two paragraphs I could tell who the author was.
An interesting side twist is that the bodies may have been found a few years later since they basically built the new county jail on top of where the bodies were found.