If the Wiki is accurate, it was a collective murder. The whole company would be guilty at least of accompliceship (with mitigating circumstances), morally and presumably legally.

Stuff for novels ("novelle") and films, as Wiki tells us. If I understand you correctly, you want to write an epic poem, much longer than a modern song. Not the most fashionable of all genres, but if you can fill it with a contemporary message - why not?