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Forensic investigators search white Lexus

October 29th, 2009, 10:10 am · 12 Comments · posted by Salvador Hernandez, Staff Writer

UPDATE: Sheriff officials said an arrest has been made in connection to the double -homicide. A Garden Grove man was taken into custody today, hours after forensic investigators began going through the car, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the department. Story is developing.

bloglexusAt 9 a.m. today, sheriff’s forensic investigators began searching a white Lexus GS 300, the first big break investigators have had in solving a February double-homicide, authorities said.

Forensic investigators will be searching for fingerprints, DNA evidence, anything that could provide more leads into who killed Mathew Scott, 42, of Costa Mesa, and Elizabeth Palmer, 49, of Fountain Valley,  in the Stanton office of a manufactured-home company, said Jim Amormino, spokesman for the sheriff’s department.

The process can take hours, he said.

Don Scott, co-owner of Golden Sun Homes, discovered the bodies of his son and long-time secretary in the sales office at 12331 Beach Blvd. in Stanton.  (Read original story here.)

Investigators have had few leads in the case and have made repeated requests to the public for information, in particular, seeking to find Palmer’s Lexus, which was taken from the company’s parking lot the day she and Scott were shot.

The killing has perplexed authorities for eight months and no motive has been found, so far. Family members have made pleas to the public, including offering a $25,000 reward for information on the case.

Authorities said an officer with the Anaheim Police discovered the car about a week ago, prompting sheriff’s investigators to stake out the location. Deputies and investigators knocked on doors of the 300-unit complex where the car was found yesterday, but did not say if any witnesses have come forward.

Elizabeth Palmer

Elizabeth Palmer

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Matthew Scott

The car appeared to have been washed recently, and paper plates replaced those that were originally on the car.

Authorities verified it was Palmer’s vehicle by checking the vehicle identification number.

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 12 Comments

  • Southoc says:
    October 29, 2009 at 10:44 am

    OMG a white lexus!

  • ocobserver says:
    October 29, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    wow. I’m shocked the car wasn’t taken into mexico or chopped up. apparently the car was abandoned or they would have popped the driver when he returned to the car. I wonder how long the car had been abandoned and why it wasn’t reported a long time ago? I heard on the radio that they found it parked behind a motel in Anaheim. Seems like the motel management would have noticed it a long time ago if it had been there for weeks or months?

    • evennow says:
      October 29, 2009 at 1:09 pm

      Think it was an apartment complex and in a corner.

      • ocobserver says:
        October 29, 2009 at 1:15 pm

        Unless I heard in error or got it mixed up with another story they said it was behind the ‘Thunderbird’(?) motel in Anaheim. At least that what I recall from the radio news.

    • Dana says:
      October 29, 2009 at 1:34 pm

      It had only been sitting there for a short period of time because it had recently been washed. They were on stake out for 2 days so I am assuming that the car had been left there for only a week tops.

  • John Coktostone says:
    October 29, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    Checked the VIN? Now that’s excellent policework.

  • PG says:
    October 29, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    The car had to have been reported by the management of the apartment complex. Police just dont go in apartment complex’s and check VIN numbers. It goes to show you how many other missing cars and unsolved crimes are going on. First 48 I hope this will help the family finally get the closure that they desperatly need. So they could finally mourn and not wonder who did it.

  • OLD SCHOOL says:
    October 29, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    I’m sure I’ve seen this car…….thought it was strange to have a Toyota dealer plate on a Lexus

    • OldSki says:
      November 2, 2009 at 5:14 pm

      Old School, LEXUS is the luxury badge for Toyotas; same car, more chrome, higher price. The Lexus 300 is a Camry se with chrome tail-lights. Get it? Infinity is likewise with Nissan.

  • terese pia says:
    November 3, 2009 at 8:09 am

    The vehicle was found behind the notorious El Dorado,and yes they check all vehicles that dont have a sticker,a favorite for parolees
    and Anaheim Police.Special