Peter Brandt, tried quoting you from page 33 but it's not working.
Still have 5 pages of reading to go so not sure if this is discussed.
I thought you have some very interesting points. You really got my gears turning.....
Firstly.................is it not possible that in getting her body to the roof, the perp has possibly stored her in the elevator maintenance room on the top??? Even just for a couple days, before he was finally able to get her body into the tank? I suppose he knew he wouldn't be able to stash her in that room for long and realized the water tank might be a good place to put her to buy him some time? In this way, he'd have less chance of being seen by anybody who happened to be on the roof, since he'd have far less distance to go to dispose of her body from the maintenance room to the tank.............
But then wouldn't the dogs have been able to detect her scent? Or would her being in a bag or garbage bags really cover her scent?
Also as someone has mentioned, if this is an employee could they not use cleaning trollies/cart etc to hide her body and look totally normal accessing all areas of the building, in case somebody saw them? Who really notices cleaning employees etc all that much? You take for granted that they're a seamless part of the hotel and are meant to be there.
As another poster mentions that, if she was found nude, it's unlikely she was trying to hide...I disagree. She may have been sexually assaulted and managed to escape somehow and thought the cistern was a place they wouldn't look. I doubt that, though, because if she managed to escape the other person/people would probably be right behind her. Unless she managed to disable them in some way ie a swift kick to a delicate area.(sorry boys lol)...so if she had someone in close pursuit, She'd have to remove the lid on the tank (which might have not been in place) and squeeze into the tank.....it's just not plausible. The person would be able to see what she was doing from meters away and she'd just trap herself. Makes more sense she'd try for one of the many fire escapes. Going down the escapes, she could pound on the windows and alert people. If she had her wits about her to an extent that is.
Also, if the perp got her body up using a fire escape, you'd think guests would be alarmed hearing someone climbing outside their window. Fire escapes are not exactly quiet and discreet. On top of that ppl have very different habits and there is no rule saying that everyone is in bed by midnight, lol so there would be a high likelihood someone would be alerted by the sounds of someone on the fire escape.
Of course, if we're talking about areas where long term residents live, they may be used to people accessing the roof via fire escape so it would not necessarily set off warning bells. I don't think you could get away with that as much on the stay levels though. Imagine staying in a creepy hotel, with lots f unsavory characters....I'd sure as hell call reception of someone was skulking outside my window!
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