Omg, me too.
I don't think LE is in the business of wasting their time by all of the useless tips they'll get from this if it's all insignificant. Maybe I'm just dumb, but I can't see them fabricating this story.
They are NOT fabricating, but they said they would like to know if anyone knows whose car it is. That's all. They are not connecting it to the perp, but would like to know if the driver happened to notice anything iffy at the church in the two minutes that they were across the highway and some good distance from the church. At 2am. The presser officer basically asked social media to lay off the case, because it is not helpful, and threw a bone by bringing up the car....which he knew would keep social media busy for a while. JMO The only other thing new was the height of the perp. Valuable presser, uh huh. JMO