different on tiny anna maria island that november of 2008.t because obama won the election, but because and only, was not around to celebrate. not with her friends. not with her pets. not at her motel. >> she would never, ever leave her animals. she would never, ever not go to haley's to work. i mean, that was her baby. >> reporter: then, two days later, 2:30 in the morning, a seedy neighborhood across the bridge on the mainland. a patrolman pulled over a white pontiac convertible with a burned-out taillight. as the cop approached the car, the driver ran. there was a wild chase, but they caught him. his name was robert corona. and he had a story, said detectives jeffrey bliss and john kenney of the manatee county sheriff's office. >> mr. corona's original story is, i was doing crack cocaine with the owner of the car. >> and it wasn't reported stolen. >> reporter: did he say he knew who the owner was? >> yes, and had permission to have the car. >> reporter: but when detectives checked the registration, they learned the convertible belonged to