Murder at the Motel

May 13, 2020, Reno, Nevada. Officers from the Reno Police Department are dispatched to the La Quinta Inn after several motel guests report hearing gunshots in the middle of the night. When they arrive, police discover the remains of a 42-year-old woman who was shot twenty-three times and is pronounced dead at the scene. A key piece of evidence is from one of the victim’s young sons who tells police, “The bad guy did it.” The search to find the “bad guy” and bring justice to the victim’s family leads investigators on a multi-state manhunt.

March 24th. 2016. The Sheriffs Office in DeRidder, La. receives a distressing phone call from the owner of Dees Motel; the man tells them that hes found a woman dead in room 6. At the motel, police find a bloody scene which indicates the woman was the victim of a brutal attack. The victim is identified as Sonya Ortego, she and her fiancee had been staying at the motel for almost two months. Detectives get to work interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence from the scene. As the investigation continues, police start to believe DeRidder may well have a killer on the loose.

January 5, 2016, Baltimore, MD. Police officers respond to a report of a deceased man found at the Deluxe Plaza Hotel in Northeast Baltimore. The victim, US Navy veteran Edward Yesaitis, was discovered by the motels cleaning crew. Medical examiners confirmed he had suffered fatal injuries from a horrific beating. His neck and skull had been crushed, he had fractured ribs, a broken spine and collapsed lungs. Homicide detectives must determine who inflicted this brutal abuse and catch the killer before the trail goes cold.

In the early hours of September 6th, 2020, local police receive a distressing 911 call from 32-year-old Brian Redding. He is heard crying and screaming that he has found his 16-year-old girlfriend, Cypress Noonan, dead in their room at the Forest Motel in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Cypress has suffered a single shot to the head, her body found seated on the bed, suggesting that she had not suspected the attack. When investigators arrive, Reddings behavior at the crime scene raises suspicion. In time, police learn about the dark side of Cypress and Brians relationship.

Abby" was found dead in a motel room in Colorado; years earlier Abby had suffered a brain injury.

In 2012, 24-year-old military reservist Alvin Bulaoro was reported missing by his family. Two long weeks later, his body is discovered, having sustained gruesome injuries, inside a sleeping bag in the backseat of his car in a parking lot in Fallbrook, CA. Through in-depth police work, law enforcement identified the Fallbrook Country Inn, as the location where Alvin was murdered.