a ton of media showed up because the couple was white and respectable , but sean and every other cop knew the couple 's story was bullshit , knew the kid was dead even as they consoled the two assholes , cooed assurances to them that their baby was probably fine , ran down dumb-ass leads on suspicious ethnics seen in the area that morning , only to find the baby at dusk , stuffed in a vacuum cleaner bag and crammed in a crevice under the cellar stairs .