Hands Around the Throat of Summer

Priya transferred to the concierge desk just two weeks before Coyle's death — a promotion she'd lobbied for. She is the figure in Coyle's rooftop photograph whose face is visible. She told original investigators that she left the hotel at 8 PM on August 8th and went straight home. She is now producing a true-crime podcast and has publicly discussed the Coyle case without disclosing that she appears in the key photograph.

Miles tended the Grand's bar on the night of August 8th, 2019. He served Coyle two drinks before 9 PM. He told original investigators he never spoke to Coyle beyond order-taking. Three witnesses remember otherwise — one recalls Miles and Coyle in a heated, low-voiced conversation near the service corridor around 8:45 PM. Miles has since said the conversation was about a tab dispute. He has a history of blackouts he has never officially disclosed.

Vic received the vehicle for emergency repair before 6 AM on August 9th — before the body was discovered. The damage to the passenger-side door was logged as 'impact consistent with interior force.' He did not report the vehicle to police during the original investigation, stating he 'didn't think it was related.' He has since said the customer requested discretion and paid cash. He knows who left the car. He has not said.

Suki served Coyle on the evenings of August 7th and August 8th. She remembers him showing camera images to a companion on August 7th. On August 8th, she recalls that Coyle left The Brine around 9 PM with someone she initially described as 'a tall man in a dark jacket.' In 2024, re-interviewed by State Investigator Yee, she amended this: 'I said tall because of the jacket. Could've been the heels.' Suki has a juvenile record for assault that was expunged in 2015.

Marco was on the overnight shift at the garage on August 8th-9th, 2019. He is the one who actually received the vehicle before 6 AM — not Vic, who arrived at 7:30. Marco told original investigators he had no memory of an unusual drop-off that night. Phone records obtained in 2024 show a 47-second outgoing call from Marco's cell at 5:58 AM on August 9th to a number registered to a prepaid device — purchased three days earlier at a Harbor Lane shop.