SLIPKNOT - Bassist Paul Gray Died Of Morphine Overdose
June 21, 2010, 14 years ago
BBC News reports:
Paul Gray, the bassist for US metal band SLIPKNOT died last month of an accidental overdose, an autopsy has revealed.
Toxicology tests showed a fatal level of morphine and fentanyl, a synthetic morphine substitute, in his blood. Police said there was no evidence of a prescription for either drug.
His body was found by an employee at a hotel in Des Moines, Iowa on May 24th.
The autopsy also revealed signs of significant heart disease, police in Urbandale, a Des Moines suburb, said.
A spokesman for the Urbandale police said they were trying to find out how Gray obtained the drugs.
The spokesman said charges were possible.
