You are right, it is horrendous, I guess having looked at this for so long I've gotten used too used to it, almost like reading about characters in a book.
The twins not waking up is odd. Perhaps they were the first victims?
That's a point I've pushed on several occasions. We believe what we first hear/read if we believe the person telling/writing A) has more knowledge than we of the subject B) is telling the truth. Thus it was when I first joined, I believed that pictures were available which would see Jeremy released withing weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and following that line, THUS it was, that Jeremy was able to convince police that Sheila, because of her mental history, was capable of using a gun proficiently enough to kill. We accept what we're told and go on repeating it like a mantra until we stop and question.