Wetterling’s disappearance was a long-standing mystery in Minnesota, and the killer’s confession is a major story, to say the least. But to Cheryl Johnson, a Star Tribune columnist who writes for the Minnesota newspaper under the name C.J., the real headline was Shortal’s supposedly inappropriate choice of pants. Shortal accepted the paper’s apology, but explained in her statement the pain of having Johnson’s column divert attention from a story Shortal has cared about for years. “This case was the most talked-about cold case in Minnesota history,” Shortal told The Huffington Post on Thursday. “The irony of the op-ed is that [Johnson] said ‘The way she looks is trivializing the story,’” Paoletti said.

Source: Huffington Post September 08, 2016 21:33 UTC