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It's the weirdest thing! I've been saying this for years.
I feel like this might be something to prevent infamy from being spread to someone with a similar name, but also because having three names can also make "naming" them feel more serious. Like when you are a kid and you are in trouble with your mom and they use your full name to establish how you are in a lot of trouble instead of just a little trouble.
It's almost always this, serial killers usually get the same treatment. I think it was especially more important in years past when a full name was more often used to identify a person