An American national, Paul Morish Marshal, was today found dead in a city hotel. The 67-year-old American’s body was recovered at 9 am from his room at the hotel. The reason for the death is yet unknown. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain the reasons of death.
“Prima facie it appears that it is a natural death but we are awaiting post-ortem report to know the exact reasons that led to his (Paul) death,” said City DSP PN Singh. The dead body has been sent to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences for post-mortem. Police has asked for a medical board for post-mortem and also ruled out any conspicuous reasons for the death.
According to police, Marshal was in the city due to his association with a local Non Governmental Organisation (NGO). The American national had arrived on July 9 and had been living in a five-star hotel in room number 209.
“He was associated a missionary organization,” said Singh. Sources informed that the visiting American citizen was not feeling well since landing in the capital and had even skipped the meeting called by the NGO he was associated with. The deceased has reportedly fell ill on Wednesday night. On the next morning Marshal was found dead by a hotel staff in his room. Police was informed by the hotel administration after the body was discovered by hotel staff. Marshal supposedly died due to cardiac arrest, said a source.
Police interrogated hotel staffs to explore the reasons behind the death of Marshal and know the circumstances his body found was lying at the time of discovery. Police also searched the room Marshal was staying in to gather as much reasons for the death and also to ascertain any other reasons for the death.
The process of intimating Marshal’s kin had been initiated, according to the police.