Now this still puzzles me a bit, tdj. Hacking's account, as I remember it, was that he went to where Lori usually parked her car at Memory Grove, did the 6-mile round-trip jog to search for her, then brought her car home. If that was the case, and if he drove it back home, he would have had to actually walk or run or bicycle downtown to do all this -- unless he brought Lori's car back by hitching it to his Durango.
This is worth looking into considering its effect on the plausibility of Hacking's account within the known timeline.
Considering all the bone-head moves Hacking has made, it seems possible to me that he wasn't anywhere near Memory Grove that morning and didn't park her car there. Considering all he would have had to do to cover up his crime, I don't see how he would have had the time.
Let me know if you discover what time he and Lori left that Sunday night housewarming party on the 18th and how far it was from their apartment. I'm going to have to ping some of our Salt Lake freepers to see if they can fill us in on these various driving distances and times (stoplights, traffic, speed limits, freeway on/off ramps, etc.).
You know what amazes me? It's that there are no reports of witnesses (apartment neighbors) who heard him start his car up that night and no witnesses who saw him leaving/arriving (such as the paper delivery boy or early morning dog walkers/joggers). I have a hunch that he probably timed the night's "activities" so that transport/disposal of body and gross evidence commenced around 1:00 or 1:30 AM, Monday, when people were most likely to be sound asleep, including early risers like bakers. Assuming the "disposal run" took about 2 hours round-trip, he would return around 3:00 or 3:30 AM.
What's the situation in SLC with drinking establishments like bars, tdj? Are there any? Is that a dry town that doesn't have wee hours bar creepers driving home at 2 and 3 in the morning?
LE (like me) are certain Lori was killed inside the apt. no one else could have/would have done this except Mark. All evidence points to him. No outsider would kill them in the home and then take the body away. It just isn't done.
I was hoping to find a daily archive at deseret news online to help put the pieces together but haven't found one. Nor have I heard any of Lori's friends mention what time she left the party. LE has said so far, none of the neighbors heard anything.
So, if that's the case, I think Mark may have killed her while she was dozing off/asleep? He could have hit her on the head with something like a baseball bat. Then stabbed her, and perhaps cut her body up to get it out of the apt. easier, in bags, etc. This guy is psycho, no doubt.
I don't know about drinking establishments in UT. I'm sure they have them. I don't live there. I live next door to UT. Nevada.