Yaelle may have concreted where the Pathfinder came from:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2505238/posts?page=52
This thread is about dealerships and cash for clunkers
Sunday, May 02, 2010 6:01:27 PM · 33 of 49
Brad from Tennessee to txhurl
The Cash for Clunkers trade-ins were supposed to be prominently defaced with paint that would mar the exterior supposedly to prevent resale in the used car market. But if it was a Clunker it could have been shipped to a scrap dealer in the Northeast. From the story:
[Investigators said that the vehicle’s Connecticut license plates didn’t match the make of the car. The license plate’s last known location was Kramer’s Used Auto Parts in Stratford, Conn., according to a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. No one answered the phone there Sunday.]
The Clunker could have gone from the scrap dealer to this parts dealer even though the Clunker rules prohibit it.
Someone may have stolen the Pathfinder from Kramer’s along with a license plate from another vehicle in the yard. Or Kramer’s may have repainted the Pathfinder and been using it for deliveries, etc.
When someone stole it they couldn’t report it because it was obtained illegally.
Sunday, May 02, 2010 6:17:03 PM · 46 of 49OldDeckHand to txhurl; Brad from Tennessee
I think Brad is onto something with respect to the vehicle being obtained illegally, and why the salvage yard in CT might not be cooperative. It’s possible that they should have had the vehicle, and/or that they resold it, illegally.
I assure you if the FBI wants info on the vehicle they will get it from the junk yard people one way or the other.
Who would have a keyring with 18-20 keys on it? Kramers: a ‘junkyard’, or a legitimate dealer?
Whoever stole the Pathfinder knows the Kramers’ people.