RE: car & townhouse
HAWTHORNE: Well, luckily, the floodwaters had not overcome it. It had flooding to the point where it could not have been driven out of the parking lot. We recovered it before the floodwaters ruined anything that would have potentially been inside the car. We were able to get it out of there because later, the floodwaters did overcome the hotel and the parking lot and ruined all the cars in the parking lot.
BANFIELD: Was there anything you found inside?
HAWTHORNE: A number of things. Yes, we have a number of things that we have retained and...
BANFIELD: Anything useful?
HAWTHORNE: Well, sometimes, that`s the investigative process, as you well know. I mean, there are a number of things that I can`t really discuss with you. The direction we were taking this, that`s one of the problems, is the family got into the car before we did. So, obviously, we have other issues.
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BANFIELD: Number one, was there any action on her credit cards or her bank accounts? Number two, did you get a chance to look through her renovated or her apartment or home in the process of renovation that may have yielded anything?
HAWTHORNE (via telephone): No activity on her financial records or credit cards. And, yes, we have been into the town home that she is having remodeled.
BANFIELD: Find anything there?
HAWTHORNE (via telephone): A number of things that we have collected. But, once again, the family had been in it multiple times without telling us, so, obviously, much of the scene is compromised. We did collect a number of things inside and feel pretty satisfied that the information that we needed in there, we got.
