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When a young couple failed to check out of their motel room, it wasn’t something unusual. Perhaps they had simply lost track of time or hadn’t yet woken up. A cleaner was sent to check, and she walked into a scene that was nothing short of a complete nightmare. A grizzly murder, a series of sinister clues and a case with more questions than answers. This is the story of Rose Burkert and Roger Atkison.

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