I'd assume that the biological father is abusive or a convicted felon, or the mother had a restraining order against him; something that would cause the state to declare him an unfit parent.
But yeah, there should be an option to remove the Amber alerts. Same with tornado warnings.

I like this theory. It also makes sense if you remember that 70s-era afro!Holt was very similar to Jake, attitude-wise at least. (Until he decided to change everything about himself.) Holt knows Jake can grow up and become more responsible because he himself did.

Yeah, but that would partially require Annalise to back up their story, and at that time they were not counting on getting her help at all. (WE know now that she would, but they didn't at that point.) If Annalise told the cops something like "Sam and I told them not to come over that night, so their presence there was…

I've been assuming that she was killed on the roof? Did I miss something?

Except, as someone (Wes? I can't remember) points out, they were in his house, which could be seen as trespassing, and therefore Sam's actions could be spun as self-defense.

We know that Laurel goes to Frank right after the murder with the trophy, so maybe she comes up with a way to frame him for killing Sam.