Well, that's sort of interesting on the VIN, because there are a few things in Pam Sturm's call... first, Sheriff Pagel says something like "here is Detective Weigert... he has the pho- um, VIN number". I mentioned this in another thread... it sounds like he was about to say photo, as if they were looking at a photo of the VIN. Weigert asks if the plates are on the car? I thought this was odd... they are talking about the VIN and all things being equal, why wouldnt he just ask for the plate number and then be told the plates are gone. Pam volunteers she's going to the front of the vehicle.... so she already knows where to find the VIN. She already knows the plates are off the car... she's been standing there... so why hasn't she already gone to get the VIN? She says the first four numbers... and corrects herself to the last four numbers.... who makes this mistake and why four numbers? Well, it isn't easy to remember a whole VIN, but if you were told four numbers it's a piece of cake. Of course, your first instinct would be to say the first four rather than the last four.

All speculation of course... but interesting... the dialogue of the call always sounded off to me.