From what we know the man knew the victims name, he knew of his PC and Briefcase, and he knew not only that they had been found -- but where to gain access to them.
Assuming some innocence to start with like his ARMY Buddy called him on his cell phone as the bridge went down in a panic to save the computer and documents -- Tossing them out of the car window (Or maybe he was in a convertable -- I hardly think that person X traveling X miles up the highway would have had handy the equipment necessary to monitor local police chatter as to said items being recovered by the river. The idea that the items didn't go straight to the trooper's evidence room and to the mayor instead is very odd in itself
Add to that this Person X strolls up and is able to not only make the specific request but gets the goods as well.
NOW ASK YOURSELF WHAT ARE THE ODDS . . .
Timing a tugboat to knock down a bridge to get a guy who crosses at a certain time is a bit hard for me to belive.
The man said he was Capt. William Clark and that he was in charge of the situation on the day of the collapse, Mayor Jewell Horne told KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City on Tuesday.
The man, who was wearing green Army-style fatigues and a beret, briefly took possession of a briefcase belonging to Army Capt. Andrew Clements and looked through it before Horne asked that it be returned, Horne told KOCO. It was not known how the man got near the accident site. Army officials could not be reached late Tuesday to verify the man's identity.
Clements, 35, of Woodbridge, Va., was among the 14 people killed May 26 when a barge hit the Interstate 40 bridge, collapsing it into the Arkansas River.
It is not known if anything was taken from the briefcase. The man seemed to know information about Clements before his body was recovered from the river, Horne said.
The man hasn't been seen in the area since the day after the collapse, the station reported. Horne said she told the man to leave after noticing discrepancies in his story.
Authorities are investigating whether the man possibly wrote bogus checks and stayed at a hotel in Van Buren, Ark., free under the auspices of taking part in the rescue operation, the television station reported.