While it was definitely wrong to make any accusations of him in a public forum, they're not entirely wrong to have those thoughts, though. His behavior during his public pleas appeared "off" to some who believed he knew more than he was telling because he was guilty of something. I said early on that his comments and behavior were indicative of what relatives are advised to say to the public when coached by law enforcement. He DID know and was in a horrible, incomprehensible, mind-reeling position that most of us wouldn't be able to handle as well as he did. Imagine knowing or even having the unthinkable idea of what happened to your loved one and then having to go out there and make public statements. LE knew early on that's why the FBI and other entities were involved.
His behavior was completely normal and expected if you think of it from the prospective that they (LE, SC, her parents) had a good idea of what had happened and were hoping to appeal to the kidnappers by humanizing her. ALL of his statements indicate that they knew what had happened: telling the public he was at the "T-Mobile store: to let the kidnappers LE had that information. I said this early on and so many people wouldn't consider anything other than his behavior was borne of guilt. That, too, isn't entirely unreasonable because he may not have been aware earlier that she was missing - most of us would feel some guilt. But, we don't know that he wasn't worried much earlier and LE only became concerned when he told them she didn't pick up their son. We don't know and it doesn't matter. He was right about her phone being turned off earlier that day.
They knew early on.
This also explains the interview inside the home. I thought the person on the other end of the phone was either a reporter working with LE or LE themselves - the questions and answers were designed specifically for SC to get information out to the kidnappers. It also explains SC's comment about "just wanting to appear normal" - he knew what happened, he was DEVASTATED as anyone would be. Trying to "be normal" so as not to alarm the kidnappers that LE was closing in and to let HB and Margo go. I think that early on, they suspected she was kidnapped to get the baby and that an expected scenario would be that HB would be discarded (I'm sorry for that word) and the baby kept - that's why he said to feed the baby, put them by the side of the road, etc.
SC had NOTHING to do with this and I'd take bets on it. Money had nothing to do with this. His words and actions make perfect sense when you realize they already knew (but hoped wouldn't end this way) what had happened and were working on trying to calm the kidnappers so they wouldn't panic and kill her. ("HB could have walked away...or not", "it's a unique case", there are no POIs, etc.)
Jeepers, people: for the life of me, it's mind-boggling to me how so many people made statements here wondering if LE/FBI/investigators did this or that as if they had no idea how to investigate anything. They know more than WE will ever know.
I hope everyone in the early threads who had already made up their minds in the first 5 minutes that Heidi's husband was guilty based on their attempts at body language and statement analysis is feeling really confident in their lie detection skills right now. Poor guy just lost his 33-year-old wife and is now forced into the position of being a single dad to a 1-month-old because some selfish *** thought they were entitled to a baby. Can't imagine how he is feeling.