She was trapped just like Michael and Lincoln were, she had something The Company wanted. (Vincent Sandinsky spoke of small investements such as Ecofield to General Krantz) and Ecofield was being discovered for what it was (which was it supposedly researching for better energy sources but was funding the pay roles for The Company workers) and they had to fake steadman's death so someone could purchase steadman's company and move the suspicion around because General Krantz did not want to draw attention