I've never actually stayed in a motel, but I'm guessing this might be one difference between a hotel and a motel? Seems like something Stephen King would imagine for one of his stories. Law & Order will probably "rip" this headline.
AP story via USA Today
Memphis motel rented room containing missing mom's body five times
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The body of Sony Millbrook was found hidden inside a metal frame beneath a mattress and box spring after the Budget Inn motel had reported a foul odor inside her old room, the story says. The room had been locked for lack of payment the day she went missing, but the motel had since cleaned out her belongings and rented it five times, the story says.
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The woman had been reported missing to Memphis police on Jan. 27 after she didn't show up to pick up her children from school, according to reports. She had five children, according to reports. Her boyfriend and the father of four of her children is a person of interesting, according to reports.
Millbrook's sister, Linda James, meanwhile, told the Memphis Fox TV news team that she'd been fighting the motel to get her sister's room searched ever since Jan. 27.
"I begged. I didn't raise my voice. But I begged," James told the Fox news crew. "I begged that front desk staff to please go check the room and they refused."
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Scripps Howard News Service story via the Seattle Times
Corpse found under motel bed where couple slept
James and Rhonda Sargent never dreamed they were sleeping on a tomb.
They rented room 222 at the Budget Lodge two days after Sony Millbrook was reported missing Jan. 27.
Her body was found March 15 under the bed where the Sargents slept.
The couple said they told the motel staff the room was "stanky and foul." They burned incense but said nothing could cover the odor, although someone apparently had tried, because the Sargents noticed there were fabric-softener sheets stuffed in ceiling tiles and nooks. The smell was strongest when someone sat on the bed.
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Room 222 had been cleaned and rented out at least three times since Millbrook, 29, was last seen. Again, police didn't go in the room, but they questioned motel employees about whether there was anything unusual in the room.
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The Memphis Police Department is launching an internal investigation to determine if mistakes were made in how the case was handled.
AP story via USA Today
Memphis motel rented room containing missing mom's body five times
.....
The body of Sony Millbrook was found hidden inside a metal frame beneath a mattress and box spring after the Budget Inn motel had reported a foul odor inside her old room, the story says. The room had been locked for lack of payment the day she went missing, but the motel had since cleaned out her belongings and rented it five times, the story says.
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The woman had been reported missing to Memphis police on Jan. 27 after she didn't show up to pick up her children from school, according to reports. She had five children, according to reports. Her boyfriend and the father of four of her children is a person of interesting, according to reports.
Millbrook's sister, Linda James, meanwhile, told the Memphis Fox TV news team that she'd been fighting the motel to get her sister's room searched ever since Jan. 27.
"I begged. I didn't raise my voice. But I begged," James told the Fox news crew. "I begged that front desk staff to please go check the room and they refused."
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Scripps Howard News Service story via the Seattle Times
Corpse found under motel bed where couple slept
James and Rhonda Sargent never dreamed they were sleeping on a tomb.
They rented room 222 at the Budget Lodge two days after Sony Millbrook was reported missing Jan. 27.
Her body was found March 15 under the bed where the Sargents slept.
The couple said they told the motel staff the room was "stanky and foul." They burned incense but said nothing could cover the odor, although someone apparently had tried, because the Sargents noticed there were fabric-softener sheets stuffed in ceiling tiles and nooks. The smell was strongest when someone sat on the bed.
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Room 222 had been cleaned and rented out at least three times since Millbrook, 29, was last seen. Again, police didn't go in the room, but they questioned motel employees about whether there was anything unusual in the room.
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The Memphis Police Department is launching an internal investigation to determine if mistakes were made in how the case was handled.
