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RootBeerGuy, to news in Pictured: Hero schoolgirl, 15, stabbed to death in Croydon 'when she stepped in to protect her friend'
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Her name was Elianne Andam.

Bloodwoodsrisen,
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It always enrages and bewilders me when they keep the person anonymous in headlines instead of saying their name

stopthatgirl7,
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There was some confusion about her first name at first, though, so I can kind of see why they did here.

RootBeerGuy,
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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?

stopthatgirl7,
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The name in the URL is the wrong one, though - her first name is misspelled.

HeartyBeast,

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

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