yet you've got to interject, "we weren't fighting or anything." >> reporter: the investigator also wondered why dana would have suddenly fallen out of the bouncer's car. there was talk back in the day that the car had a defective door. but detective bratton told the new investigator he didn't think so. he'd taken a look for himself. >> i know i got in the car and i checked it because i had pushed up against it. and i'm a pretty good size guy. my weight should maybe tell us. >> reporter: if the door's bum, it would have popped, yeah. >> i felt comfortable that i didn't see anything wrong with the door. >> reporter: you didn't feel you needed to get a search warrant or call to have this thing towed? >> no, not at that point. looking back, probably an error. >> reporter: there was another problem. there was no note of the detective checking the car in the police report. and no way for investigator kinder to look himself. was the vehicle gone? is it in the junkyard now? >> we believe that's in the junkyard.