[Sacajaweau]

If Howard hadn't left that morning for the dock and if KE hadn't left for California the night before but called TWICE before she died and was the first person that Howard called, I'd say everyone was properly concerned.

In other words, neither of them should have left her in any substandard condition....with two "duh" babysitters.

She was DEAD when Howard left. He was absolutely certain but he needed someone else to find her that way.

Between 9:30 and 12:00, he didn't check her?? He did...when he sent Taz and Mo to the airport which is apparently vey close by.

[nynjanais]

She was DEAD when Howard left. He was absolutely certain but he needed someone else to find her that way

Oh absolutely! That worthless, immoral “SO.” Hence the stiff tongue and beginning lividity that the official “finders” reported. She died face down and HKS turned her right side up before he left.

[gopheraj]

She was DEAD when Howard left.

I agree - I so agree but accident or on purpose I am unsure of.