"It really blows me out of the water to see how many people care and are willing to give so much of themselves. . . . Usually, when she runs in the morning, I go with her. I just didn't today." — Mark Hacking, July 19, commenting on volunteer searchers and the disappearance of his wife, Lori.
"The only thing that's suspicious is that she hasn't returned." — Salt Lake police detective Dwayne Baird, July 19, commenting on Lori Hacking's disappearance.
"Hang in there. We will find you." — Thelma Soares on July 20, issuing a plea to her missing daughter.
"No. There is no way. Nobody who knows them suspects any iota of foul play." — Douglas Hacking on July 20, refuting the possibility his son is responsible for Lori's disappearance.
"They adore each other. I think Mark worships the ground she walks on." — Thelma Soares, July 20
"I have no explanation for this new development. I just can't understand it." — Douglas Hacking, July 21, after learning his son, Mark, lied about being accepted to medical school at the University of North Carolina.
"There is no question at this point that he (Mark Hacking) is a person of interest; he would be regardless" of the misinformation about his schooling. — Salt Lake Police Chief Rick Dinse, July 21.
"It was a lead that we had and chose to follow." — Detective Dwayne Baird, commenting on police's first search of the landfill on July 20.
"Mark is a wonderful person. I love him, and I'll stand by him." — Eraldo Soares, Lori's father, July 22.
"He looked me in the eye and said, 'No.' " — Douglas Hacking on July 23, recounting Mark's response when he asked his son if he had anything to do with Lori's disappearance.
"We're not going to talk about anything of evidentiary value." — Detective Dwayne Baird on July 24, refusing to comment on a report that police recovered a bloodstained knife from the Hackings' apartment.
"To a certain degree, I have to draw the line; I want my daughter back." — Eraldo Soares, July 24, talking to Fox News Network, saying if Mark did have something to do with Lori's disappearance he wants him to come clean.
"It looked like something was wrong. In the way they interacted they weren't talking to each other a lot." — A clerk who saw Mark and Lori Hacking in a convenience store July 18, the night before she was reported missing.
"The families understand that Mark Hacking has provided information that makes it unnecessary for individuals or groups to continue the volunteer search." — Joint statement from the Hacking and Soares families issued July 31.
From the beginning the evidence gathered "strongly indicated Lori was the victim of a homicide and Mark was the individual responsible." — Police Chief Rick Dinse, Aug. 2, in announcing the arrest of Mark Hacking.