No, I think HW's Mom reported the car stolen in order to help LE bring AB and WM in for questioning. BUT, I don't think AB had the first clue that it wasn't HW's car to "give away ". Like I said, this reeks of a drug "sale/rental" to me.
JMO, but I have seen this done many times, first hand, though way way back in my younger days.
Here's an article that states otherwise. I just don't believe what comes out of the mother's mouth either for some reason and I believe her father is just parroting back what Angela told him and of course he's going to believe is daughter or at least at first, especially if there's been know violence and discourse between every family member.
Mother of missing toddler arrested but search continues
"An affidavit filed in Bristol General Sessions Court on Feb. 21 by Detective Robert Clemons of the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office states that a woman named Melissa Wood reported that Angela Boswell stole a 2007 BMW.
Megan Boswell, who is Angela Boswell’s daughter and Evelyn’s mother, was buying the vehicle from Wood, but no purchase agreement had been finalized, and no money had changed hands, according to the affidavit. Megan Boswell was purchasing the vehicle for her mother, the affidavit states, but Wood was unable to make contact with Angela, and the car had not been returned.
Although authorities charged Angela Boswell with theft, Jones said he saw Megan Boswell and her boyfriend at the time, Hunter Wood, give the vehicle in question to Angela Boswell at his home in recent weeks.
“They pulled the car up in the yard, shut it off, it wouldn’t start. They asked me to come out and see if I could help them get it started, which I did,” Jones said.
Jones said Hunter Wood told Angela Boswell that they would put the title in her name within a few days.
Angela Boswell lived with her parents for about two weeks earlier this month, Jones said. Megan Boswell and Wood visited her mother almost daily at his home, he added."