Emily hated having to let Sara be put into the foster care system, but she knew that it would be for the best. She thought about adopting Sara, but with the job that she had she knew it would be too dangerous. Sara was adopted a little after she was put into the foster care system, by a family with a boy a little older than Sara. Emily and JJ moved in together a few months after that and would visit Sara every once in a while.
Sara's father was killed in prison three days after he was in, by a fellow inmate who learned why Alex was charged with child abuse. As for Emily's father he died in prison from a heart attack.