While compiling the time-line yesterday, I stumbled upon something quite interesting:
01/23/07 - At approx. 0940 hrs. a silver/grey Nissan Xterra SUV is rented from Enterprise Leasing Company in the name of Harlow R. Cuadra, using his Virginia driver's license, signature, and Discover Credit Card.
01/25/07 - Pennsylvania State Police learn that on the morning of 01/25/07, Officer Brent Riddick, Virginia Beach Police, obtained the registration number for a silver/grey Nissan Xterra SUV with dark trim and three brake lights. Said registration came back to "Enterprise Leasing Company", Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach, Va.. Further investigation revealed that said vehicle was rented by accused Cuadra on 01/23.
01/25/07 - The SUV is returned to Enterprise Leasing Company at approx 1245 hrs... mileage out on the vehicle was 21357, mileage in was recorded as 22409.
Did you catch it? Somehow, Virginia Beach Police knew about the vehicle before it was even returned. This means someone had to have contacted the police, and provided them with a license plate number. None of the eye-witnesses mentioned seeing a license plate number during the preliminary hearing, so now the question is who did tell police?
This might also imply that investigators knew Harlow Cuadra may have been a suspect as early as the day after the murder.
