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Hildale,Utah,butthevehicleregistrationwas'thenameofacompanyandoneJohnWayment("Wayment")ofWestDesMoines,Iowa.Dutcoverfound
thisunusual
inlightoftheColoradotemporaryregistration,andheaskedIsaac
if
heouldstepoutofthevehicle.6.TrooperDutchoverattemptedtoradithehighwaypatroldispatchtorunthevehicleidentificationnumberprovided,butwas
inform
dthe
systemserver
wasnotworking.TheCAD
log
reflects
a
messageatabout
9:16
p.m.confi
ing
theserverwasdown.Trooper
Dutchoveragainand
didnotthereafter
inquire
if
theserverid
notattemptto
run
thedriver's
license
orwasworking.
The
trooperdidtestifythatin
hisxperience
theserverproblemusuallylastedabouttwohours,
In
thissettingtheCourtcann
t
makeany
findingsas
towhentheserver
was
againavailablebecauseTrooper
Dutchoverne
ermade
inquiry
after
9:16.
By
10:00
thefocusofthetroopers'investigationhad
turned
to
the
id
tity
of
Mr.
WarrenSteedJeffs.7.ThetrooperthenspokeagainwithIs',asking
him
outofearshotofthepassengersabout
Mr.
Wayment'sownershipofthecaranthegroup'sitinerary.IsaacstatedthatthegrouphadgonetoSanFranciscotoseetheoceanandhadvisitedfriends
in
Modesto,CaliforniaandthepartywasreturningtoHildale,Utah.He
furth
rexplained
that
WaymentwashisemployerandcurrentlylivedinLasVegas.
Wayment,
Isaacaid,hadlenttheEscaladetothetravelersasafavorbecause
it
wasaroomiervehiclefor
sue
travel.TrooperDutchoverthoughttheexplanationstrange,giventhatthismeantWaent
bad
deliveredthecar
in
Hildale,Utahandwouldhavehadtothenarrangetransportationorthereturntripto
Las
Vegas.TrooperDutchoverdidnotknowwhereHildale,Utahaslocated
at
thetimeofthe"stop,andnoneofhisconversations
with
theoccupantsoftheEscaleenlightened
him
astothegeographyinvolved.
(In
fact,Hildale,Utahisapproximately179
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