I'd like to revisit TE driving the car home from PTL. I may regret this

I believe he was not immediately alarmed (please do not send links to convince me otherwise I know he has said he was, and has said things that one could conclude he was but I also consider the fact that maybe people have reasons for portraying things slightly different than they really were when those things will be printed and on the internet for all eternity) anyway;
I believe that TE was not immediately frantic, overly worried and this contributed to his decision to drive HE's car from PTL. I do not think he wore gloves despite what some may or may not have said.
I'd like to hear from those who think he was immediately worried/frantic, why you think he drove the car away from PTL. Especially if you think he wore gloves to drive the car home.
This makes zero sense to me because if I felt I needed to wear gloves to preserve potential evidence or worse yet, if LE suggests I wear gloves to preserve potential evidence that's when I'd dig my heels in and insist it be processed right there, or I'd leave and let them tow it if they wouldn't bring in someone to process it,
But I have an open mind and would like to consider other possibilities. Can't wrap my head around this unless he wasn't immediately alarmed and/or HE had maybe left her car places before. I know a lot of us here think he was immediately worried about HE so how do his actions fit this scenerio?
The gloves blow my mind (because that is an acknowledgement that something may be very wrong) and I'm wondering if that part was true or not.