The arrest of the two ex-convicts in the Hood River area the day after the family's disappearance, for car theft, was also noted, though police were unable to determine if the incidents were related.
一家の失踪の翌日に地域でフッド・リヴァーで前科者2人が車泥棒で逮捕されたことも注目されたが、警察はこれらの事象が関係しているかどうか決めることはできなかった。