My only criticism for the reporter was chasing a promotion and clout with this case. I always saw it very strange that she announced to the world about it and then started this campaign of revealing one person every week like it was TV drama. This action tipped off all the criminals giving them ample time to hide, destroy evidence and disappear without a trace. Many of these big fish etc got away because of her actions.
This would be like announcing to the neighborhood that you are about to conduct a drug bust. Don't be surprised all the drug dealers suddenly don't have any drugs or drug users. Stuff like this should be been put on the news all at once no warning that way those responsible have no time to hide or get away.
She is not a cop, so she could do what ever with her story.
It was the jobs of the cops to investigate, but they were being paid, so they didn't.