He buries her in the motel's ice chest outside the office. Norman discovers Patsy's body and buries her in the motel's ice chest outside the office. The galley includes an ice chest that can also be optionally electrically refrigerated. The portable ice chest was invented by Richard C. Laramy of Joliet, Illinois. A Igloo Coolers ice chest with a teak wood step is also standard equipment. The company's first all-plastic ice chest was introduced in 1962 by James F. Hutchison.