Accountant Found Dead in Brooklyn Hotel Room
NEW YORK (AP) — An accountant was found dead in a hotel bathtub with his face covered by duct tape in what authorities say was a suicide.
Paul Mento, 52, worked for The Associated Press for 26 years, including more than 15 as budget director. His body was discovered Monday afternoon at a Best Western in Brooklyn by a hotel maid, police said. He had checked in earlier that day, police said.
Mento apparently suffocated because of the duct tape. The medical examiner ruled the death a suicide and said it was caused by asphyxia due to obstruction of the nose and mouth, spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said.
Police are unsure of the circumstances that preceded Mento’s death, but investigators have information that he had a gambling problem, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation has not been completed.
Police said he left no suicide note.
Hmmm, Let see, gambling problem, New York City, suicide by duct tape……..I haven’t used this in a while..
I think he simply couldn’t stand the room service. After all, it is a Best Western!
My client, Guido, “The Shark”, Piso wants to clear the air before this goes any further. While it is true he was there during the duct tape accident, he was acting as a consultant for the proper use and handling of duct tape. After being demonstrated the proper application of duct tape to avert gas entering the motel room as per Homeland Security instructions, Mr. Mento felt confident enough to try it himself. It seems that Mr. Mento felt that applying the tape directly to himself instead of the doors and windows was more effective. Mr. Piso warned Mr. Mento of the impending danger but sadly, was unable to stop Mr. Mento from his deadly experiment. Mr. Piso feels so badly about this unfortunate incident that if any relatives of Mr. Mento would make themselves known, he is offering free duct tape instructions for them.
If only he had bought the Chinatown phony duct tape (which doesn’t stick) instead of the real brand name duct tape, he’d still be alive today. A quality of life tragedy. I’d boost that meter to 10: Total BS.
Hmmm…. they should look at his kneecaps. He might have “slipped down some stairs” and broken them too.
You forgot the fact he fell on some bullets?
Asfyxiation is terrible painful, why didn’t he just throw himself out the window? I mean, if you’re gonna kill yourself you don’t pick something painful that’ll let you wus out at anytime. Either this guy was trying to get into the Guiness book for the worlds most diffcult suicide or this is just more BS.
Hey Mr.D, there’s an awful lot of BS around here lately!
Sounds as fishy as when terrorist Abu Nidal died in Iraq.
Saddam Hussein claimed it was suicide, because Nidal shot himself 6 times in the back.
#6–“why didn’t he just throw himself out the window?”
A few years ago some government inspector did just that. Threw hisself out the window and stabbed himself on the way down. Case Closed.