Early Dawn Ghost Cruiser?

In early spring a few years ago a witness reported seeing something a little strange.  In the golden amber light of a spring morning, a light ground fog hugging the road and giving things a soft look, the witness saw an old style cruiser on the exit just ahead of them.  The style was a big boxy car with the large oversized and rounded lights and that alone caught the attention of the driver.  The driver's first thought was that it was somebody's special refurbish project out for a morning spin. Then, on second thought, this did not make sense.  Who takes a drive like that in the pre-8 a.m. morning traffic? Then, as the driver, glanced by habit out the rearview mirror and returned her eyes to the road, the vehicle was no longer ahead of her and there was still a lot of exit ahead!  Uncertain if she had simply missed the auto's move out into the traffic, she paused at the stop sign and there above the ground fog the roads on either side of the overpass were clearly visible.   No cars anywhere.  To the south the avenue leading to the airport and to the north the board open country before an industrial area. A recent discovery has shown police officers did indeed drive out that way.  Some, however, never did return.  On the morning of April 5, 1972 at about 6 a.m. a call was sent to police dispatch to a pond on a remote pond along the airport parameter near SW 74th and MacArthur.  A 26 year old police man named Joe McArthur had committed suicide and had called for a homicide unit and coroner to cover his own death. Who is to say if there is a police officer still out there patrolling in the early mornings when the air is amber and the fog hugs the ground?