Consider this option: We only know about one of Scott's little affairs. Suppose he had many more. Suppose that one of the women he dated secretly was a Satanist. Opens up even more twists and turns doesn't it?
Another thought -- Modesto has become home for many people who work in San Francisco or Oakland or the 'Bay Area.' They buy homes there and commute to S.F. daily or stay in the city and may pay for a place to sleep three days a week. S.F. is world famous for its Satanists.
It just gets creepier and creepier.
Come on, this is fantasy land for this attorney. Trying to fish around and concoct some 'plausible' alternative story to get a gulity man off the hook. Don't fall for it.