I have some advice for those swallowing this ‘laptop caper’.
If on arrival into the US from overseas your suitcase goes missing somewhere between you dropping it off at baggage drop on departure and the arrival baggage carousel, but somehow turns up months later in the hands of someone else who claims it contains evidence of crimes.
Don’t panic, hire a competent attorney who will very easily demonstrate that there can be no proof that you are responsible for anything illegal found in the suitcase, even if some none illegal stuff in the case is indisputably yours.
This is especially so if it is known that anyone who handled the suitcase has reason to want to discredit you and your family.
Just get an attorney, buy a new suitcase.