Press coverage was widespread. At the close of the trial, media from all over the United States came to the Butte County courtroom to hear the sentencing, including reporters and camera crews from "Dateline NBC" and "Inside Edition". News reports focused on the death, giving little attention to the nuanced distinction that this was a local, rogue organization not in any way part of a national fraternity. Hence, to the casual reader, this incident was a stain against the idea of "fraternities," generally.