[2] Both mother and daughter have ties to San Mateo, Oakland, Fresno, Santa Cruz and Silicon Valley and regularly visited Southern California.

On April 8, a gardener in the John McLaren Park discovered a large piece of wood resting behind a clump of ivy covered bushes with an odd silver character painted on it.

[6][7] The police investigated homes in Emeryville, Oakland, and Daly City, California and cited that those who had last seen Fitts were uncooperative with the initial interview process.

"[10] The family created a website to highlight the search, and offered a $10,000 USD reward to anyone with information that may help them locate Arianna and her safe return.

[1] In April 2021 San Francisco Police released a rendering of a forensic sketch of Arianna that had been age progressed to 7-years-old, along with two crime bulletins to the public.