license, then asked her to join him in his patrol car while he ran her license plate number. griffin may have made a sexual advance, and kim objected. griffin knew then that he had gone too far. he panicked, handcuffed her, and drove off. griffin turned off of old charlotte highway, and kim knew it was a dead end street. her injuries suggest she jumped from the moving car. griffin caught up with her, struck her on the back of the head, stomped on her back, breaking her neck and leaving the distinctive foot impression. he then strangled her to death, probably with his police flashlight. before he left, he removed the handcuffs and covered her body with debris.