in a subsequent interview with police, pavlinac altered her story significantly: she now claimed that when she arrived at the truck stop on the night of january 21, bennett was alive and willingly got into her car with sosnovske. pavlinac claimed she began to drive toward northeast portland, where bennett said she lived with her mother, but sosnovske forced her to drive east on interstate 84 instead, before punching bennett in the face and rendering her unconscious. pavlinac said she drove to crown point, where the three entered the vista house, an historic building which serves as a rest stop. inside the vista house, pavlinac stated she held a rope around bennett's neck while sosnovske raped her, eventually strangling her to death.