Great moments in southern telejournalism

On the 10 o'clock news tonight, the lead story was the murder of a woman and her unborn son by the baby's father. This is terrible enough by itself, but here's a rough transcript of a shot during the story:

(Camera pans repeatedly across a picture of the mother)
Reporter: She had just decided to leave the on-again-off-again relationship. He realized he would never be caressed by her warm smile again, or dazzled by her twinkling eyes. (Pause) He killed her.

Is it just me, or is that narrative rather callous? Is that the right word? No matter how you discribe it, it's just plain wrong.