Leila
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I think he returned Stacy's car to the house because he knew earlier in the night that Cassandra was suspicious because Stacy's car wasn't there. So he thought if the car is returned no one will ask any more questions for days..because her car is in the driveway. But he missed the boat on that concept..because people were already suspicious.
I think Cassandra's 2:30 AM visit to Drew's to see if the cars were both there yet is very important. He knew she was out front and asked her what she was doing..she told him she had just reported Stacy missing to LE ..he stammmered and stuttered.
Soon after that he would have taken off from the house in a frenzy, to pick up Paul(?), then heading toward the truck stop to get rid of Stacy's body.
I beleive until Cassandra showed up at Drew's at 2:30 AM he thought he could dispose of her body the next day. I think he thought people would buy whatever story he had or was going to come out with. But this threw a monkey wrench into the plans and he had to act quickly and not as wisely as he may have planned on doing.
In retrospect, it's too bad Cassandra didn't hang around somewhere in the neighborhood where she could have a vantage point of the Peterson residence and if and when he left, followed him discreetly. Was her friend, Bruce, with her at that point? If she had her doors locked and her cell phone with her in case she had to call 911, she might have been able to verify what DP did in the wee hours of Oct. 29th, and who went with him.