You didn’t read the article.
To put it in simple terms that you can understand:
Headline: Person found around crime scene did he commit the crime?
Story: No. He’s innocent of all charges.
Actually I did read the article, and again you didn’t bother to answer my question, if it’s moot point why print it?
To use your analogy, the new york times basically says: person found near crime, didn’t commit crime, but was still found near crime, why was he there?