On the night Vanessa disappeared, Ethan had claimed he was sleeping at home near San Francisco with their child.
His hidden phone told another story.
At the exact time Vanessa vanished, it connected to a cell tower covering the remote Yosemite area near Pelican Creek.
The chains.
The chlorine.
The SUV.
The divorce documents.
The hidden phone.
Everything suddenly pointed toward the man everyone had believed was Vanessa’s protector.
But there was a terrifying problem.
Ethan was still visiting Vanessa every day.
Investigators could not know what he might do if he realized they suspected him.
So on October 5, detectives approached him in the hospital corridor.
They told Ethan there were insurance and security forms requiring his signature downstairs.
He went willingly.
