criminal record. so should detectives add him to their list of suspects or what? >> at this point, i don't know if i have the complete story regarding dave or not. >> reporter: coincidences. sometimes they come in clusters, don't they? not long after angie's memory coughed up the name dave moffitt, there was another coincidence. >> we figured we needed to continue and focus on dave and see where that leads us. the first thing that was done was a background make-up of dave to include to see if he had a weapons permit. and so while that check for the weapons permit was being conducted, another office person heard the name and recognized dave moffitt. and she immediately said, he had a car impounded this morning. not only was it impounded, it was impounded approximately within 30 minutes of the homicide. approximately 4:00 in the morning. and it was six miles approximate north of where the homicide occurred. and dave moffitt resided approximately 28 miles southeast of where the homicide occurred. >> reporter: wow. well, that would be a red flag that's for sure. >> that was. through a further investigation, we learned that he had actually had an accident. >> reporter: so they pulled the accident report and read about those two cops and their strange encounters just off highway