Regular money orders wired to a town near alicante by dr heim 's family may have been picked up by him as he hid among the large population of northern european pensioners living in the area , investigators believe .
The four jokers took turns to leap in front of cars , forcing the drivers to swerve or brake sharply and putting themselves and other vehicles in danger , town hall officials in alicante were quoted as saying on the el pais web site .