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The blood inside the vehicle suggests that Twining may have crawled into the back seat before they fled, because there is a noticeable preponderance of Twining’s blood in the rear of the vehicle (particularly on the driver’s side) and almost none in the front. There is no noticeable blood on the front passenger seat. The few drops of blood found on the inside of the passenger side door were probably deposited as Twining rummaged through the vehicle looking for weapons and ammunition. If Twining crawled into the back seat when Davis was already at the wheel, this would explain some of the movement that was reported by witnesses.

In this scenario, Twining would have approached the driver’s side with the intention of driving the vehicle away, only to realize that the driver’s seat was already occupied by Davis. At this point, Twining would have climbed into the back seat of the vehicle because it would have been faster and would have allowed him to get behind cover more quickly.

This assumption is further reinforced by the fact that both felons exited the Pontiac out the driver’s side of the vehicle when it came to a stop. The abandoned car was found by officers with the passenger side door closed.