Within minutes, the hotel manager rushed over, looking flustered. “I’m so sorry, Mr. Hawthorne. Our staff didn’t recognize you. I’ll take you to check the footage right away. I’ll show the way.”

Alexander followed him into a private lounge.

The hotel manager played the surveillance video on a laptop from the lobby.

On the screen, Alexander saw the little girl bouncing into the hotel, then turning and disappearing into a side stairwell.

The manager frowned. ...