But even then the police would have a record of that. They wouldn't open a missing persons case without checking for her in the system. She has a prior record so she would pop up as soon as they looked. If she was arrested the same day they found the car, we wouldn't know anything about any of this...The police started the investigation after finding the car and released a press release about it first. In some cases it's the family who first notifies the press while the police investigates behind the scenes. This was the other way around. Don't get me wrong, Heather's family has been very involved in trying to find her but they were not the first to report her missing. I do hope the family reported that comment to the police...