The amount of misinterpretation in regards to this topic remains somewhat of a mystery to our family. When Laci went missing on December 24 th we were alarmed to hear the police announce Scott's alibi to the public within 24 hours. We did not know where Laci was, who had her, or what their intent was. Within two days of Laci's disappearance, Scott's alibi had been so widely publicized that while we had great hope that Laci would be coming home, a small part of us feared that if someone had the intent to kill Laci they were being told right where to put her body.

By December 28 th , both the Modesto Police and the media were at the Berkeley Marina. Water searches of the San Francisco Bay began by December 30 th . The search teams included the Coast Guard, Navy, agencies from at least four different counties, the FBI, dogs trained to smell the surface of the water for gases being emitted from decomposing bodies, in excess of 200 side scan sonar searches, a robotic vehicle that drove along the bottom of the water, scuba divers and helicopters. Their 26 search days of the shallow waters turned up nothing.

Almost four months after Laci disappeared; Laci and Conner were found by pedestrians on the shores of the San Francisco Bay . Before their bodies were positively identified, our family was contemplating that our worst fears may have come true: Laci and Conner may be dead and if so, someone had placed their bodies where Scott had been the day she went missing. With their bodies being found at the bay, where Scott was, the police had probable cause to arrest him.

Scott's arrest, the jury verdict and the prosecution's ever changing theories hinged on this one thing: that Laci and baby Conner were eventually found in the vicinity of where Scott had been the day she disappeared.