PC World editor killed; cops claim he was involved in drug trade

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Rex Farrance, senior technical editor at PC World magazine, was shot to death in his Pittsburg, CA home last night.

Rex Farrance, 59, senior technical editor at PC World in San Francisco, was shot in the chest and killed shortly after the assailants forced their way into his home on Argosy Court at about 9 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said today.

Farrance's wife, Lenore Vantosh-Farrance, 56, was pistol-whipped in the head during the home-invasion robbery, authorities said. She called 911, but the assailants fled on foot before police arrived.

No arrests have been made in Pittsburg's first homicide of 2007, said Pittsburg police Inspector John Conaty.

The couple was apparently targeted because they had been involved in the narcotics trade, Conaty said.

"We have substantial reason to believe that the victim and his wife were involved in the possession and, potentially, the distribution of illegal narcotics," said Conaty, who declined to specify what type of drug.

I have read all the stories from the first reports to related stories of this crime. It is apparent that the media has moved this story into a snowball of speculation. These people were victims. An intelligent, good, productive man was murdered. His wife was injured not only physically, but marred mentally for the rest of her life. They were victims of a horrendous crime. But the media has so much fun villianizing victims and not chasing the murderers.The crime here is home invasion murder. Go after the perpitrators, not the victims. There is a vast difference between fair reporting and sensationalism. The media needs to get the priorities in order.