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on the bed and I said “Are you airight here?” and she said “Yes”.
Det. Sudler:
Did she give you any reason why she wanted to go to
the church and not home?
Kartuzinski:
I got the idea that she wanted to relax and rest and
be away from work or whatever. I didn’t pry.
Det. Sudler:
Okay. So in the. . .in the drive from the hospital to
the church, she didn’t give any reason why she wanted to specifically go there and not home?
Kartuzinski:
No, I. .and I didn’t want to ask her. . .you know.
Det. Sudler:
Okay.
Kartuzinski:
It was fine with me that she wanted to go to the
hotel.
Det. Carrasq:
Did you have any conversation on that ride?
Kartuzinski:
Just that.. .you know. . . “I want to go there and
rest and I...”. She asked me what the music that was playing. I had a tape in the car. ‘This type of thing. It was a three minute ride. . .very close.
Det. Sudler:
Did she.
Det. Carrasq:
What tape were you playing?
Kartuzinski:
I don’t remember. It was classical music.
Det. Sudler:
Did she have any personal effects with her?
Kartuzinski:
Not that I recall. . .no.
Det. Sudler:
Okay. Umm. . .did she. . .you know. . I guess.. .to check
into the hotel just like a normal.. .you know.. .any... any.. .there’s a registration desk I guess and you get a room. Is that what she did?
- Kartuzinski:
Yeah. I’m. . I dropped her down. .down at the first
floor of the garage there’s a breezeway there and some hotel staff was there. So I asked him “Could you take her to get a room?” and I went topark.my car.
Det. Sudler:
Okay. And she was taken I guess ,to the cabanas?

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