Whatever the 'widely accepted rumour' was I can assure you the location of Kristen David's death has never been established so figuring the motel as a reference point doesnt make much sense.I have to respectfully disagree ..the road from Lewiston to Moscow, (SPOKANE)..Isnt some rural road, its well traveled with Moscow and Pullman being college towns. It's never made sense to me, if you were going to abduction someone, why would you drive into the most populated town, all those small remote towns..Union Town, Genesee, Deary ,Troy...but you would drive to Lewiston, if you had no idea how big those town were from the signs...
It was a widely accepted rumor she was dismembered at the Sacajawea Hotel, which if memory serves , is thefirst small hotel you come across if you head downtown, which we all know loops toward the Clarkston Bridge..straight down bridgeport..to the second bridge her body was thrown from, if you think all that sounds like somebody familiar with the area, I.humbly disagree
The POI didnt live far from the bridge her remains were dropped from.
He probably crossed it everyday.
Which would make the bridge an expediant place.
If it were a transient working from a vehicle you would think transporting the remains there would be risky.
One would think there would be safer places to get rid of them anyway.
Kristen's killer not only felt that bridge was expediant to wherever he kept the body parts but felt comfortable enough that he could stop on the bridge and toss the parts over the side without being seen by traffic at the time he choose to do it.
That sounds like someone very familar with the area.
As far as the motel...even in 1981 you would have had to present I.D. like a drivers licence and give your vehicle licence plate number in order to rent a room.
Then what?
Smuggle a captive girl into the room and dismember her without leaving a mess? Leaving nothing but a prevailing rumour?
To me in order to abduct someone,murder them,dismember the body and be able to wait a few days before disposing of the pieces you would need privacy where you were confident you could do this without fear of being discovered and a source of running water.(he felt comfortable enough and had the leisure to individually wrap the pieces in plastic for pete's sake!)
This to me speaks of someone with a residence in the area.