Do you include the Deseret News among the gossip-mongers. This from their site:
Police later spotted Edmunds at a Sunday night vigil for Elizabeth. Edmunds fled in his car after police attempted to pull him over. Police declined to give chase.
Why not? Aside from that, how likely do you think it is that the cops really would "decline to give chase" to someone who is running from them, at the time they're looking for suspects?
When this whole story was published, it just sounded too much like something out of a Michael Douglas movie. I could almost see the camera shots, looking through the eyes of the perp, with his labored breathing as the soundtrack.
Bah.