Patricia Sanasie’s killer managed to elude capture by slipping away from the crime scene in a silver grey Toyota Raum motor car, leaving the police with the uphill task of tracking down this popular model of vehicle.
Shortly after the January 12 execution-style killing – the first for 2015 – police set up road blocks to form a dragnet aimed at intercepting the getaway vehicle and the killer. Those efforts failed.
Interception of getaway vehicles particularly those used in high-profile crimes has always been a challenge for the police. Eyewitnesses often only recall the colour and make of the vehicle and not the licence plate number. In the few cases where police do get a licence plate number, it turns out to be fake. Critics have said this is a key reason why the
