Jogger's Husband Ran Around Hotel Naked

foxnews.com ^ | 7-23-04 | n/a

[EggsAckley]

SALT LAKE CITY — The night after 27-year-old Lori Hacking (search) disappeared, her husband was causing a disturbance at a local hotel, FOX News has learned. Police late Monday night responded to a complaint at the Chase Suites Hotel, where Mark Hacking (search) was running around naked, only wearing a pair of sandals. When the officers realized who he was, they took him to the nearby University Neuropsychiatric Institute (search), where he was admitted as a patient. FOX News has also learned that less than a half hour before Mark Hacking called police to report that his pregnant wife never returned from her morning jog, he was at Bradley's Sleep Etc. buying a new mattress. The owners of the furniture store told The Salt Lake Tribune that Hacking came in about 9:45 a.m. Lisa Downs, the wife of store owner Chad Downs, said the credit-card purchase went through at 10:23 a.m.. Police have said Hacking called them and reported his wife missing at 10:49 a.m. Friends told the Tribune that he had called them about 10 a.m. about his wife's disappearance and said he had twice run his wife's usual jogging route, three miles each way.

[uvular]

Per WFTV, he did major in psychiatry in college, and I believe it was an article posted on crimenews2000 that stated he worked at a hospital or some facility in the psych. dept.

May be just me, but his family members seem a little too forgiving of his outright lies-kinda like S. Peterson's folks....

[EggsAckley]

eggsackley!! I was wondering when someone might bring up that point. Have the police looked for his OLD mattress, I wonder?

[the Deejay]

I think he was working as an intern in a psychiatric facility--the same one he checked himself into."

Yes, this seems to be correct. I heard a pundit last night say it's NOT the same facility he worked in. But I think the pundit was wrong.

[Lurking in Kansas]

...He might not have graduated from college, but he is bright enough to spin others while he cannot be officially talked to.

Hmmmmmm... I wonder how closely he as been following the Petersen case on TV??

[TRY ONE]

After removing the mattress tag (under sever penalty) Mark Hacking was taken by police officers to the nearby University Neuropsychiatric Institute .....

[PfromHoGro]

Psssst, hey cops....psssst.

The mattress thing reminds me of Chevy Chase in the first Vacation..."Just gonna buy some sporting goods, honey."

[al baby]

I don't think hes playing with a fully charged "beeber"

[keat]

If he'd just gotten a 'Sleep Number' bed...

Too f'ing funny.

[The people have spoken]

"He has two older brothers who are high achievers, a physician and the other is an electrical engineer," he said. "He felt under some pressure to excel as well."

To excel at murder?

[Alia]

Was there a life insurance policy on Lori Hacking? In re the nude thing... as Randy Newman would sing.. "Beware, Beware, Beware of the Naked Man...."

[the Deejay]

I'm sure the two-family friendliness will explode within days. Same as Rochas & Petersons.

Does this case have centipede legs or what!?

[randog]

Did this guy study psychiatry for thime he did spend in college?

I don't know, but he did work at the psych ward where he's now a patient.

[sarasota]

Believe I heard they found a discarded mattress near his home and we getting it i.d.'d.

[MizSterious]

They just repeated it on Fox, so I think it's true.

[MizSterious]

Fox is reporting that the families are separating. This looks very bad for Lori and the wee one.

[mrustow]

You don't want to miss those mattress sales.

ROTFLMAO

[EggsAckley]

Seems like the mattress thing is one of the biggest clues they've got. Hope they don't blow it.

[the Deejay]

Thanks. I just knew it would happen and soon!!! I haven't put the tv on yet today. LOL

[randog]

If he'd just gotten a 'Sleep Number' bed from Select Comfort, he wouldn't have to kill his wife in order to get the level of firmness he desired.

LOL!! He's gonna get plenty of "firmness" if things don't work out for him!

[randog]

Have the police looked for his OLD mattress, I wonder?

They found it in the dumpster at his apartment complex.