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  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgments
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  70. Epilogue
  71. Also by Mary Kay Andrews
  72. About the Author
  73. Newsletter Sign-up

Interview with Brian Shelnutt, Gulf Vista Security Chief, 2-10-17. Took place at Gulf Vista Hotel and Resort, where he is still employed.

Shelnutt states that security cameras were located in all hallways of guest wing, lobby, elevators and hotel kitchen and parking areas. Gulf Vista is a gated resort, with two full-time security guards manning entrance to resort property from Gulf Boulevard. Guests use hotel room key cards to enter and exit parking lot. Employee parking located on lower level of three-story parking deck on north side of hotel. This area has separate key-card entry and employees are restricted from using guest parking.

Subject states that he viewed all relevant camera footage of 9-15-16 and 9-16-16, at direction of investigators from Pinellas Sheriff’s Office. States he no longer has access to video footage but he states his best recollection is of seeing video of victim using key card to enter room on first floor of north wing at approximately 11:00 p.m. Victim seen pushing large housekeeping cart and vacuum cleaner into guest room and exiting at 1:30 a.m. Next seen pushing cart on service elevator and ground floor walkway to hotel laundry room. Access to area is limited to employees with master key card.

Shelnutt states exterior video camera footage showed several other housekeepers and engineering employees entering and exiting laundry room before and during time victim was in room, but no video showed her exiting the room, which did not have operational interior video cameras at time of incident.

Why not have cameras inside a large commercial laundry room? Drue wondered. She noted that Zee’s report specified “operational” video cameras. She made a note to herself to see if any other documents in the file referred to video cameras. She turned the page to read more.