There are 4 things that the media will ALWAYS go out of their way to include in a story no matter how irrelevant:
Former Marine
Former football player
Former stripper
Mom (a woman that has had a child at some point in her life, even if she's 90 years old, she's be called a "Mom")
Well, IF the person in question had a JOB, they could be referred to as a, “plumber”, “Welder”, “programmer”, etc. But perps almost never do.