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...hour and a half later, a state trooper stopped McVeigh near Perry, Oklahoma, because his car had no rear license plate. The trooper saw he had a gun and arrested him. Using the vehicle-identification number on the Ryder truck's axle, which survived the blast, the FBI learned from Ryder which location the truck had been rented from. Descriptions of McVeigh by two people at the rental office were the basis of a sketch that agents showed to motel desk clerks in the area. The owner of the Dreamland recognized McVeigh and gave his name. Federal agents...
...RYDER TRUCK...
...prosecution's other evidence seems strong enough that the lack of eyewitnesses may not matter much. Take the Ryder truck. No one disputes that it was used to carry the explosives--the prosecution will introduce a panel embedded with ammonium-nitrate crystals--or that it came from Elliott's Body Shop in Junction City, Kansas. The crucial matter is tying the truck to McVeigh...
...prosecution will call Eldon Elliott, the owner of Elliott's Body Shop, a Ryder outlet in Junction City, and he will testify that a man calling himself "Robert Kling" prepaid for the truck on April 15, 1995 and picked it up on April 17. Elliott will identify "Kling" as McVeigh. Elliott will also say that in filling out the rental agreement, McVeigh used a South Dakota driver's license. Lori Fortier, Michael's wife, will testify that she made the license for McVeigh. An employee at Elliott's, Vicki Beemer, may also be called; she says she spoke to McVeigh...
...McGown, the proprietor of the Dreamland Motel, also in Junction City, is another witness who links McVeigh to a Ryder truck. On April 14, McVeigh showed up at the Dreamland and registered under his own name. It is a mystery why, after previously using aliases, McVeigh would have chosen this moment not to hide his identity. McGown has a theory, though. In a recent interview with author Gerald Posner, she said in her years managing a motel frequented by prostitutes, she learned how to spot men registering under false names. "People are so used to signing their own name...