Killer's Red Herring?

"The alleged cop killer in PA screwed up and used his cell phone to call his parents. How has this guy been on the lam so long if he is this dumb."

A call of only a few seconds to his parents. My "hmmmm" thought was, if one can do it, I don't know how, but, that's a great red herring; make the call over here, then be 'way over there. If this guy's any kind of survivalist, he knows about not using cells and credit cars on the lam. That's chapter 1.

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