I read that they had contacted Jodi's parents and asked if they could write a song about her death. Oddly enough, they said no. Mind you, being called The Killers probably didn't set them off on the right foot with the poor girl's parents.
I know somebody that's sister was friends with the guy that is doing time for it. Apparently he was pretty normal and the evidence is all circumstantial. I also know somebody else who's sister was on the jury. Small world eh?