C'mon now, we all know what's happening here. I think that's more of realism than cynicism. Ideally, yes, we (all Christians) should hope that this person gave their life to Christ and repented of all known sins.

It is highly unlikely that this is the case. A sinner who sins is "easily" (high price to pay) forgiven, a lifestyle of sinner (let the thief no longer steal...) is not seen in the Bible as a forgiven person. Looking at examples throughout the Bible. I can't off the top of my head, think of someone who led a sinful lifestyle (not repentant) who God: calls blessed, saved, in his bosom, etc. Generally nothing nice is said about them. The reason I won't judge in my head or publicly this person's eternal destination is I don't know what happened between them and God. All I can do is look at the fruit of their life and say, likely or unlikely.