after being jailed, the truck driver makes a deal to tell police where bardella is in exchange for his freedom. he leads the police back to the hotel, where they find the drugged witch. the comrade police lieutenant intends to have bardella autopsied and buried, which would ruin any chances of bringing veronica back. reneging, the police lieutenant takes the truck driver back into custody. returning to the hotel from von helsing's cave, philip and the count find bardella missing. so they head to the police station and steal back vardella's body out from under them.