The boot appears to have come open without a key before it's been towed in and clear of the water. I'd be very surprised if the police used a key to get into it, more specifically open it and risk losing anything that may have stayed contained in that boot to the ocean again before it was safely shored and upright.
Are you able to search through the wayback machine for the video clip PD?
It says on metic's image that the video was retrieved 7 months after it was posted if I'm reading that correctly. Does that mean this video of "Man charged over Claremont Serial Killing" was retrieved 7 months (July 2017) after it was put on the Internet around at the time of arrest on Dec 22 2017? But it was removed soon after it was put on the Internet according to the post?
The car image is very clear. It makes sense that the cops opened and checked the boot using the key as It would be the first place to look for JC, IMO. Interesting that the number plate has been removed and not just blocked out in the video. Doubt whether removing the number plate would have been the first thing the cops did when they got the Fiat to the beach. IMO it was removed before entering ocean.
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