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===Vehicle===
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A [[motor vehicle]], commonly referred to as a '''getaway car''', is frequently used by the offender to flee the scene of a crime. Getaway cars are prevalent in [[felony|major crimes]] such as [[bank robbery|bank robberies]] and [[homicide]]s. Very frequently, but not always, a getaway car is [[motor vehicle theft|stolen]] and is abandoned soon after the crime, in the hope that the vehicle cannot be traced to the offender.<ref name=Found>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2013/09/26/long-island-gunmans-alleged-getaway-vehicle-found/|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] Metropolis blog |first=Tamer|last=El-Ghobashy|title=Long Island Gunman's Alleged Getaway Vehicle Found|date=September 26, 2013|accessdate=October 17, 2013}}</ref>
If the vehicle does not belong to the driver and is quickly abandoned, a trace may not be possible without examination of [[forensic evidence]]. In some cases, the offender may go to extreme measures to discard the getaway vehicle in order to hide his 'tracks' by dumping it in a [[river]] or secluded park,<ref name=Found /> and/or [[Arson|setting it on fire]]; while this may not make solving the crime impossible, it can make the effort more difficult for law enforcement.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQtLOfiBkQC&q=crime+scene+getaway&pg=PA16 |first=Larry |last=Ragle|title=Crime Scene|pages=16–17|publisher=HarperCollins|year=1995 |isbn=9780380773794}}</ref> The [[criminal investigation]] can be further complicated by the use of multiple getaway vehicles, which can confuse eyewitnesses,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.navasotaexaminer.com/news/article_10fc1208-c0ad-11e1-aa27-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=print|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131015220024/http://www.navasotaexaminer.com/news/article_10fc1208-c0ad-11e1-aa27-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=print|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2013|title=Confession reveals third possible capital murder accomplice suspect|work=Nava-Sota Examiner|last=Smith|first=Rosemary|date=June 27, 2012|accessdate=October 15, 2013}}</ref> as well as creating multiple places to investigate: each vehicle is a new crime scene.<ref name=Dummies>{{cite web|url=http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/forensics-assessing-the-scene-of-the-crime.html|title=Forensics for Dummies: Forensics: Assessing the Scene of the Crime|first=Douglas P.|last=Lyle|accessdate=October 17, 2013}}</ref> In ''Forensics for Dummies'', the [[rookie]] is reminded: "At a minimum, the crime scene includes ... Areas from which the site can be entered, exited, or even escaped...."<ref name=Dummies />
Since a getaway vehicle often requires a '''getaway driver''', this additional co-defendant creates problems in itself. First, having a second perpetrator involved creates yet another [[inchoate offence]] that the [[prosecutor]] can use in an [[indictment]]: [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]]. Also, a co-conspirator may cooperate with police, either intentionally by 'turning state's evidence' by way of a [[plea bargain]],<ref name=Crimestoppers>{{cite news|url=http://www.alicetx.com/news/article_ed58c28a-4cb2-584b-af61-3a305943ae4c.html|work=Alice Echo News |first= Ofelia|last=Garcia Hunter|title=Reward offered in armed robbery case: Crime Stoppers seeking information on Johnathan Cerda|date=November 18, 2011|accessdate=October 17, 2013}}</ref> or inadvertently by giving away information to persons outside the conspiracy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/matt-zapotosky/chatty-getaway-driver-flips-on.html |work=The Washington Post The Crime Scene blog |first=Matt|last=Zapotosky|title=Getaway driver flips on robbers, police say|date=December 2, 2009|accessdate=October 17, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Rappers>{{cite news|url=http://allhiphop.com/2013/03/23/billboard-biggs-crimescene-entertainment-robbery-music-video/ |work=All Hip Hop |first=Toni|last=Stephens|title=NY Rappers Found Guilty of Robbery Used Getaway Car in Music Video|date=March 23, 2013|accessdate=October 17, 2013}}</ref> If the driver, who may have parked some distance away, unknowingly drives past the scene of the crime, the getaway vehicle itself may identify the occupants to the crime victim and police.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-07-11/news/sfl-flduh-returned-to-the-crime-scene-20130710_1_getaway-car-crime-scene-cops |work=[[Sun Sentinel]]|first=Barbara|last=Hijek|title=Getaway car returned to crime scene, cops said |date=July 11, 2013|accessdate=October 17, 2013}}</ref> This is especially true if the vehicle has unique markings or is an unusual model.<ref name=Rappers /> Without a driver, the perpetrator may make errors due to the stress associated with the crime, or lack of ability to multi-task (such as leaving the car keys at the scene of the crime);<ref name=Keys>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/andrew-frank-laviguer-_n_3941844.html |work=[[Huffington Post]]|first=David|last=Moye|title=Andrew Frank Laviguer Arrested For Bank Robbery After Leaving Keys At Crime Scene |date=September 17, 2013|accessdate=October 17, 2013}}</ref> a murderer needs to "think strategically" to get away with [[murder]]—to "mislead police, stage crime scenes and destroy evidence."<ref name=Murder>{{cite web|url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/criminal-minds/201203/five-reasons-people-get-away-murder |title=Five Reasons People Get Away with Murder: The Dangerous Instincts Perspective |work=[[Psychology Today]] Criminal Minds (Seeing the world through the eyes of a behavioral profiler) blog|first=Mary Ellen|last=O'Toole|date=March 15, 2012|accessdate=October 17, 2013}}</ref>
Taking a public [[bus]] or [[taxicab]] makes the driver an involuntary co-conspirator, yet also creates an eyewitness whose interest it is to cooperate with police.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://miamiherald.typepad.com/crime_scene/2007/02/yellow_cab_aka_.html |work=[[Miami Herald]]|first=Jennifer|last=Mooney Piedra|title=Yellow Cab aka getaway car |date=February 2007|accessdate=October 17, 2013}}</ref>
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