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On April 23, 2018, the battered body of Aileen Seiden is discovered off a highway on Florida's Forgotten Coast; investigators trace the crime to Room 15 of the Sportsman's Lodge Motel, where blood evidence reveals a violent struggle.

Murder at the Motel

Sportsmans Lodge

On a cold November evening in 2011, the stillness of a motel in Utica, N.Y., is shattered by a crime; police responding to a call at The Davis Motel uncover the lifeless body of the owner with a belt tied around her neck; what follows is the unmasking of a predator whose past is as haunting as the crime itself.

Davis Motel

On July 7, 2017, cleaning staff at America's Best Value Inn in Michigan discovered a horrifying scene: 43-year-old Christina Daughenbaugh's body, wrapped in bed sheets, surrounded by blood with a knife lying nearby.

America's Best Value Inn

On April 9, 2021, Tina Strader, a housekeeping manager at the Rodeway Inn in Venice, Florida, stopped replying to her regular check-in texts to her husband. Worried, he traced her last message to Room 205, where he discovered her body hidden in a closet-viciously beaten, with a towel forced down her throat. Using surveillance footage, investigators worked to identify her killer and bring him to justice.

Rodeway Inn

On May 15, 2016, Bensalem police and firefighters were called to the Lincoln Inn Motel, where a room was engulfed in flames; as crews battled the blaze, they made a horrifying discovery, a body burned beyond recognition lying in the wreckage.

Lincoln Motel

In 2015, Abigail "Abby" Cozad was found dead in a Colorado motel room; years earlier, Abby had suffered a traumatic brain injury in a drunk-driving crash, leaving her vulnerable and overly trusting.

Primrose Motel

Late on the night of March 19, 2017, police respond to a call from a witness who hears a gunshot at the Surf Motel on Auburn Boulevard in Sacramento, California; at the motel, they find the body of 53-year-old Leonora Montoya.

Surf Motel

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The personal stories of the victims and of how the investigations unfolded are told from the perspective of family members and law enforcement officers who work tirelessly in their quest to solve murder cases set in motels.

S2 E6 | America's Best Value Inn

E8 | Sportsmans Lodge

E7 | Davis Motel

E6 | America's Best Value Inn

E5 | Rodeway Inn

E3 | Lincoln Motel

E2 | Primrose Motel

E1 | Surf Motel