I am looking at it from a very different angle....
- The fact that they are wealthy and have an adult daughter who was increasingly implicated in a murder made them the subjects of a certain amount of news interest. Thus, the need to comment
- There are no indications that the family was involved in the crime. Like parents of all income levels, they give their children the "benefit of the doubt" and support them "through thick and thin".
- @StarryStarryNight 's observation is very telling and further illustrates the good character of the parents. They do not proclaim their daughter's innocence- but rather very accurately point out that there is a legal process.
My guess is that they are slowly distancing themselves from their daughter (no proclamations of innocence) as indications of guilt grow.
But... like families of all income levels, "blood is thicker than water" and they continue to support her to some degree.
Though their wealth allows for the hiring of a star attorney, the core concept is no different than most other families- they don't fully abandon their adult children.
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