4 hotels makes sense. We did wonder how he was able to make that long trip home by himself once he dumped the body. It's way too much for a 70 year old man.
Im a 67 year old woman and drive alone,every three months, 8 hours to visit my grandchildren with no problem. The possibility of dementia is far more pertinent than his age. This aint your mommas 67!
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SmartSassyBBW, I appreciate you speaking up for those who 'ain't your momma's 67!' However, I'm assuming you're comparing your 8 hour drive to Philip's similar drive between Tennessee and home.
With all due respect, I bet you get a good night's sleep the night before your long drive. You're not in a panic either when you're driving. You're looking forward to seeing your grandchildren again. Not throwing a dead body in the river on your way, I'm sure...
From what we know about Philip's dates and times, there's no way, in my opinion he could have had much sleep at all the night before. He checked out of Graceland motel at 3:30 a.m. the 6th, and drove only a couple of hours before he stopped at the Benton County motel. That alone has him awake the majority of the night before.
This link of a visual map shows a distance of about 600 miles between Benton County, Tennessee, and Hartville, Ohio. It gives a time estimate of about 9 and a half hours between them.
Assuming Philip threw her body off the bridge around 6 to 7 a.m. that morning, the 9 and a half hours should have been doable, if there were no other problems.
Without much sleep though the night before, if any, plus the panic of knowing he had thrown her body in the River, I can easily see why he would not be able to drive that 9 and a half hours straight through.
I'm assuming then that he did stop the night of the 6th, which would have been his fourth motel stay. I agree with Seajay, it would have been too much for a man his age, who had just thrown her body off the bridge.
As for his mental status, that's been discussed here from the beginning. You're in good company here because many people agree with you about the dementia, which would have affected every phase of this case.
However, in trying to pin down this fourth motel stay, I'm only referring to that time interval between Benton County, Tennessee and his drive to his home in Ohio.
Not disagreeing with your post at all...
JMO