it seems the hotel's main concern is, of course, protecting itself.

but that's not going to work. well, i doubt it will work. i think the hotel is fucked one way or another.

if the girl walked into a freezer and got locked in there (the release mechanism was known to be faulty)...how in the hell does that happen? that feels like negligence. b/c that girl's condition (drunk after partying in the hotel) was something the hotel should've expected and it should've done more to address that.

if the girl was killed in the hotel by some other guest and her body was dumped in that freezer...shit, that might be a better look for the hotel, really. bad PR, yeah...but the hotel seems less liable for the girl's death that way. i guess the hotel is more concerned w/not being known as the site of a murder.

yikes.

maybe the hotel is more willing to pay out on the liability issue and wants to avoid the murder tag.