Report: Hotel Employee Finds Hypodermic Needle, Bottle Of Pills In Late SLIPKNOT Bassist Paul Gray's Hotel Room; 911 Call Available
May 26, 2010, 14 years ago
TMZ.com reports:
The hotel employee who discovered the body of SLIPKNOT bassist Paul Gray on Monday told the 911 operator he noticed a hypodermic needle and a bottle of pills in the musician's hotel room when he found the body.
In the 911 call, obtained by TMZ, the employee - a maintenance worker at the Iowa hotel - tells the operator that he suspects Paul died of a "drug overdose" and that it appeared that Paul had been in the room for "a while."
The employee also told the 911 operator that Paul's mother had called the hotel earlier in the day because she couldn't get a hold of her son.
Cops are still investigating Paul's death. Officials have stated that the death doesn't appear to be the result of foul play."
Listen to the 911 call at TMZ.com.
Yesterday (May 25th), the unmasked members of Slipknot held a press conference in tribute to their fallen brother Paul Dedrick Gray, who was found dead at a hotel near the group's home town of Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday (May 24th). Check out video footage below.
A spokesman for the nearby Urbandale Police Department said there was no evidence of foul play. Iowa police say an autopsy has failed to determine how Gray died. The bassist was 38.
News footage from The Associated Press can be viewed below:
