She wouldn't have to drive vehicle #2 anywhere, really. She could have driven her own car (or the Edge) to Tennessee, purchased vehicle #2 in a pre-arranged spot near where she parked, and then driven home in the first vehicle. I wouldn't be surprised if #2 is a much newer and more reliable model.
I considered buses or even flights to purchase a vehicle #2 much further away than they found it but when they found the Edge I could see no need for that. I assume she dealt in cash for everything.
Sheriff Singleton puzzles me when he says that they "may" have had mechanical issues and had to ditch the car. It's easy for them to verify whether or not that's true and they could have (and should have) known very soon after finding it.
The way LE is handling this I'm thinking information isn't going to leak out…so it's just a guessing game for those of us who are interested.
By the way, Sheriff Singleton was once the Chief of Police in Florence. His family owned a restaurant in Florence for 58 years.
FLORENCE, Ala. (WHNT) – The staff of Singleton’s, an iconic restaurant in the Shoals will be cleaning up and locking the doors for the final time tonight. Most people outside of the Sho…
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