The US is effectively an Oligarchy now, complete with hollowed out (and shrinking) middle class and Oligarchic capture of the executive, legislature and judiciary. In the aftermath of the murder of a truly evil CEO, whose killing has been widely cheered amongst many in the US, the Oligarchs are realizing they should be afraid of the populace.
Cue the rage articles in the mainstream media, scolding all of us about how wrong it is to cheer the killing, meanwhile whitewashing that the insurance industry is truly evil, truly cruel.
They will look to make examples of people like this accused woman in an effort to tamp down dissent and enmity. Their efforts will fail because (1) the rich have essentially destroyed the functioning of the economy for all but the most affluent, there is (2) widespread economic anxiety and suffering unlike that seen since before the Great Depression, and (3) the right wing, now in complete control, will always push too far and will precipitate violence that they cannot control.
I predict that the very base of mostly rural white trash idiots that the right wing has ridden to power will whiplash as soon as their populist heroes cut Social Security and Medicare benefits. At that point it'll be three quarters of the country harboring intense rage against the right wing and their oligarchic masters, with nowhere to turn but to the streets. It's going to flash in ways the most powerful are too blind to see coming.
Anyway, back to the original point, which is that when power fears it clamps down hard, and that's what we're seeing with this woman.