Actually I have heard of numerous times where parents have found out about things from the news. It\'s very sad but true. We use to get people\'s names way early and we would hold them until we were told the family knew the name. With a car accident it\'s exremely easy to find out the victims. If you are first on the scene, just call in the license tag. Cops have gotten smart about that now though, they have started covering up tags on the bad accidents.
Anyway, calling the mom dumb is not so bright. It can happen.
And as far as Orson Wells goes. That was a story. Not a news flash.