Gah! I was staying there when it happened! →[More:]The woodwork in the elevators in my building is being redone and I thought they would be shut down full time, but one of the doormen told me a few days ago that they're turned back on at the end of the day, so I was planning to come back to my place anyway. I had wanted to stay at the type of place I was in a few months ago (serviced apartments with a guest laundry on site) but nothing was available.

I left the hotel at 9:30 Saturday to go to Rosh Hashana services (the shofar is only blown at morning service) and didn't notice anything. After temple I went to brunch and came back to the hotel around 3:30 for a nap (I am NOT a morning person). Still nothing out of the ordinary. I slept for about 4 hours, then packed up some things to take back to the apartment. As I was leaving, I saw several crime scene unit vans. A detective came up to me and said there had been a murder and asked if I knew anything, I said no, this was the first I'd heard of it.

I always lock everything when I'm in a hotel room, but this really creeps me out.