How the story was reported

Southeast Missourian reporter Scott Moyers and photographer Diane L. Wilson spent the better part of two days last week with Lisa Bentley and her adopted son, Levi.

Moyers conducted extensive interviews with Lisa Bentley on Thursday and Friday. The information from the day Levi was found was told to Lisa Bentley by a villager who was there.

Moyers also interviewed Dr. Gregory Tobin and Dorcus and Harvey Tobin. Tobin allowed Moyers and Wilson inside the operating room to observe Levi's surgery Friday morning.