Findlay manages the graphics design department, Smith was a secretary for Findlay's father, company President J. Cary Findlay. Two yellow ribbons were hung from the gate of the Findlay family compound, a wooded hilltop estate three miles west of Union, on Friday, but neither Tom Findlay nor his father could be reached by telephone. In a written statement passed along by a representative of the company, Findlay said he has cooperated with authorities since the Oct. 25 disappearance of Smith's children. He also said he wanted to clarify his relationship with Smith, who had permanent custody of the children in divorce proceedings with her husband, David Smith. At no time did I suggest to Ms. Smith that her children were the only obstacle in any potential relationship with her.
Autopsies show that the boys drowned.
The mother has been taken to jail.