kris,
I hadn't even thought about it until you said it but you are absolutely right ~ the only way the media could have found out the little girl's name is if the parents brought this to their attention. The school's hands are tied by confidentiality issues and I don't believe that the police would give out a 6-year-old's name.
So that leaves the parents. If they are so worried about the child being traumatized by all of this, then why are they putting her on television and allowing her picture to be on the front page of newspapers around the country?
Something is not right about the story that we are hearing.
~Kathy