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"Since Lamaze advocates birthing with as little drug intervention as possible, it seems highly unlikely that it would have been Laci on the Petersons' computer, researching drugs such as GHB, which might be used to affect the cervix to facilitate birth. So if there was research on the Petersons' computer about GHB, it seems highly likely that it was done by someone other than Laci. This would point the finger at Scott."

The article linked in my previous post seems to be touting GHB as a "natural drug" of sorts......a substance that exists naturally in the body and that was sold in health food stores up until the 1990's. I don't find it unlikely at all that a pregnant woman might have run across a reference to it as a childbirth aid and decided to look it up. Whatever the case, I don't think it automatically points the finger at anyone.

Like (it seems) everything in this case, it appears that the computer trail concerning GHB--and we don't even know yet if such a computer trail exists--is more oblique proof of circumstances. And most circumstances, when looked at, can tell at least two different stories. So yes, it could probably tell of at least two different, opposing possibilities.

If someone was PURCHASING GHB online, however, that would make a difference, I think. Nothing to confirm that right now, of course, and I don't even know if it is possible to purchase the stuff that way. Probably not, at least not legally.

Knowing the regular surfing habits of both Laci and Scott would be helpful, but since people go home to use the computer, that's probably impossible to know for sure. Wonder if Scott had an office computer on which he could get online?