The reason, the why, is important to family, is it helps them with closure.I'm trying to think of what he could possibly say to the families that would be helpful. I can't think of what that might be. I don't know what I would want him to say to me if I was affected by it. I wouldn't trust his sincerity, anyway. I'm just pleased that he has been removed from society, and I really wouldn't care what means were used to accomplish that.
While I will never get closure on my brothers murder, I have on a cousins that was raped and beat on the head to death. I was the one to discover her body in a family cabin, so I had to do court testimony. Once it was established that he was the last person seen with her, he confessed to get a reduced sentence. His statement to the court was he was on drugs and she refused to have sex with him and no woman can refuse him and get away with it. Sick and disgusting to hear, but it did offer closure.