Jacobson, as part of her job for WMAQ-TV, had been covering the April 2007 disappearance of Lisa Stebic; Stebic went missing on the same day that she asked her lawyer to help evict her husband Craig Stebic from the Stebic home. On Friday, July 6, 2007, Jacobson was recorded on video socializing at the Stebic home. Jacobson was wearing a bathing suit top and a towel and was at the house with her two sons. Several other people were present including Craig Stebic, who was the last to see his wife, and was following his lawyer's advice to avoiding speaking to police, but was in the video talking to Jacobson; and Craig Stebic's sister, who Jacobson later said had invited her to the home to discuss the case with family members.