That is a horrible story and you are right that it may cause a knee jerk reaction from hotels. After the mass shooting in Las Vegas most major hotels announced that they would require a "wellness check" daily - meaning you can't hang a do not disturb sign on the door and expect to be left alone for days on end. Because of that I had to rethink how I travel. Now I request early maid service and make sure everything is stored away when they arrive. It's a total hassle. Some hotels will let you skip a day but some won't. My hotel in your town, slid a notice under my door when I passed on maid service one day. More or less it said they would enter the room the next day if I didn't let the maids in. We will probably see a tightening down on that and possibly other things as well. Thanks for this heads up.