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You certainly are a stickler for following procedure. Do you not see any value whatsoever in asking the parents if they'd like to investigate a possible rape of their deceased daughter? Damn the parents wishes, follow "procedure" at all costs!

Your interest in this story is pretty sick.

Let's see what the report says about procedure, the parent's wishes and privacy concerns:

"In an e-mail dated January 26, 2014.. the MU Title IX Coordinator stated 'We had the obligation to assess, even if Sasha didn't want an investigation, whether the accused present a continuing danger to the campus community.'"

"The Assistant General Counsel acknowledges that he made a mistake in 2012 and that the Title IX Coordinato's above-quoted email was correct..."

"Both the Assistant General Counsel and the Senior Coordinator for the Office of Student Conduct acknowledged that there were investigative steps that should have been taken but were not."

"The AGC suggested that concern for.. confidentiality was a reason for not going forward with an investigation in 2012. However, the then-known facts do not justify this... concern. First, no-one asked the University to maintain confidentiality... Second, the victim's confidentiality became less of an issue because she was deceased. Third, and most significantly, after her death, her parents had made the assault publically known by providing the excerpt from her diary..."

So, the answer is pretty simple. The university screwed up and general counsel has acknowledged it. Privacy was not a concern, given that the parents provided a copy of the diary to the press.