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It seems like LE may have found the vehicle just in time for either of two scenarios.
If it were truly out of gas, had Aviles beaten them there it'd have been moved and they'd not have found it.
If he were just saying it was out of gas, then it's likely he would be planning to try to destroy evidence in it by trying to burn at least some of it.
Unless I'm missing it in the aforementioned article where this snippet came from, I've not seen whether LE said it was truly out of gas or if that was a cover for why he was coming to the vehicle with gas (as in also a cover for why it had been abandoned).
Given he'd been back at least a few days at that point, and managed to at least remove the seat and attempt to clean, it seems likely it was just a cover story, IMO.
If it were truly out of gas, had Aviles beaten them there it'd have been moved and they'd not have found it.
If he were just saying it was out of gas, then it's likely he would be planning to try to destroy evidence in it by trying to burn at least some of it.
Unless I'm missing it in the aforementioned article where this snippet came from, I've not seen whether LE said it was truly out of gas or if that was a cover for why he was coming to the vehicle with gas (as in also a cover for why it had been abandoned).
Given he'd been back at least a few days at that point, and managed to at least remove the seat and attempt to clean, it seems likely it was just a cover story, IMO.
Deputies were still investigating the Durango when a man walked up to them with a gas canister.
Later identified as Aviles Jr., the man said he was there to fill the Durango up because it had run out of gas and was inoperable, says the affidavit.