I can see a lot of your points here, but I doubt any court can "promise" a child to a woman who hasn't known the child for more than a year at best... as part of a plea deal in a multiple murder case. It would be a different court at another time that would decide custody imo. Is JW actually married to this woman? If so, that was quick... and can't possibly provide a "solid, dependable and ideal situation, in the child's best interests" under any circumstances. JW may be the mole and I can certainly understand suspecting him and for the good reasons you mentioned. But, imo, his days of deciding and mandating custody issues, by murder if necessary, are finally over. (at least I hope so) He has proven himself to be completely an unfit parent to her... his decisions "on her behalf" were bizarre, cruel and horribly destructive to her. Hanna still has family members who will probably have a say in the matter, too, and I can't believe the child will end up in Alaska with some, pretty much, unknown family who probably wants to forget they ever heard the name, "Wagner."