Keep in mind, domestic disturbances don't necessarily include bodily violence. Maybe SC and HB have loud arguments or throw things when angry.
Or maybe they just blast the stereo sometimes.
I try to put myself in HB's shoes, coming home that morning with the baby, but I still can't get the pieces to fit. Confusion about the facts doesn't help.
HB comes home with baby. The first things that would have gone in the house with me would have been baby and purse. Period. No exceptions. I certainly would not have taken the diaper bag in while my purse and $25 of new books was sitting unattended in the car in the parking lot.
So the purse in the car is a real sticking point for me, particularly since it appears that the car might have been unlocked. I just can't come up with any scenario that fits that.
Unless....did she leave the diaper bag at home while she took her son to school? It was nearby and she didn't plan to be there any length of time.
If that's that the case - she left the diaper bag at home - I can kind of figure out a scenario. She took her son to school, bought books, and came home. She took baby and purse upstairs, unlocked the door, put her purse away, and then took baby back downstairs to retrieve the books - or did SC bring the books in when he found her purse in the car - if he did find her purse in the car?
We really need clarity on where the purse and baby carrier and keys were.
I do regularly leave home with just my phone and keys, but only for walking distance destinations. I wouldn't be surprised if LE is working the phone angle now, looking for any information HB's phone activity might give them.
I keep visualizing HB and baby standing outside the car, having just arrived home. I get bogged down in no small part because it isn't clear where her purse or keys or baby carrier were.