I will have to look to see if we have any of the news articles. Les and Faye were close friends of both my mother's and dad's families. My mother's mother and stepfather had owned Pine Stump Junction for several years. We had Thanksgiving dinner that year with the Purmans at my dad's parents home. It was my Aunt and Uncle who found the bodies. The bodies were actually discovered several hundred yards farther east and on the opposite side of the road from where the memorial rock and plaque are. She was sitting up against one of the Pine trees and he was found several yards away toward PSJ. We have always felt he was probably helping or carrying her at that point, left her under the tree to go for help once he could see lights and just made it the few yards.
As far as the motel across from the memorial, it was not there until many years after the event. This is approx where they were found as best as I can remember: http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=46.57707,-85.58878&z=18&t...

That is an interactive aerial photo and you can zoom out and see Pine Stump Junction to the south and west. My aunt and uncle who found them had stood up with them in their wedding.