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While all of this is happening at the airport, Dawn is over at a local 7-Eleven talking with a cop and he's
asking if maybe police at the airport can check there for Linda's car. An idea that he says Sam gave him, not the other
way around. >> Yeah. >> And literally, as they're discussing this, dispatch radios the officer that
[music] they found the missing woman's car at the airport. >> Well, isn't that convenience? Yeah. And
>> just in case you're not like fully sick of me bringing up that coroner's conference I went to, I'm just going to
do it like one more time because one of the things they covered were staged scenes
>> for legal reasons. Let me put a disclaimer. I'm not saying that this scene is stage.
>> Just sharing interesting info that I found. But they said that a telltale sign of a stage scene oftent times is
that someone will lead you to the evidence they want you to find. too. Like, here are all the pieces. It must
be suicide. >> Anyways, whether this is sus or not to them, finding the beetle does seem to
light a fire under the Venita Park PD. They finally assign a patrol supervisor, Michael Webb, to work the case.
And in the early days, they do confirm parts of Dawn's story. Linda's time card shows that she clocked out at 2:16 a.m.
on Monday, April 22nd. And Don's suspicions were right because she did hang back after work to talk to a guy
named Randy for a few minutes. He's the co-orker that Don says she's having an affair with, which is probably why she
was late coming home. But Randy tells police that the conversation was normal and he expected to see her at their next
shift, which is later that same night. And even though she wasn't at work Monday night, he actually spotted her
car out early Tuesday morning when he left work. He saw her beetle parked at this strip mall less than two miles from
her

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Brief Summary

Linda's car is found at the airport, raising questions about her disappearance and the investigation's integrity.

Key points

Missing Woman's Car Found. Police discover Linda's car at the airport, raising questions about the circumstances.
Affair Suspicions Confirmed. Linda was seen talking to a co-worker named Randy before her disappearance.

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Well, isn't that convenience?

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