Unidentified White / Native Male

September 16, 2001

Grays Harbor County,WA ~ The body of this white or Native male was located in a Quinault area motel. His death has been ruled a suicide. He had checked into the motel using the name “Lyle Stevik” from 1019 S. Progress Avenue, Meridian, Idaho. The address he listed is for a motel. Lyle Stevik is a character in the book You Must Remember This, by Joyce Carol Oates. He indicated that he was going to stay a few more days though he had only paid for one evening. The maid entered the room on September 17, 2001 and found him hanging from the coat rack with his leather belt. He had left money on the nightstand with a note that said “For the Room”. The only personal belongings in his possession was a tooth brush and paste.He arrived by bus, possibly one that came from Port Angeles (south), but a bus came up from Aberdeen (northbound) and arrived about the same time. Neither driver was sure if he was on their bus. He arrived with no luggage, and there was no luggage, clothing, etc. in the motel dumpster. He may have come from Canada, as the clerk recalled that he had “a slight Canadian accent”.

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