Police are investigating the death of an Arkansas man whose naked body was allegedly found next to a sleeping TV weatherman in a hot tub after a night of drinking and drugs.
The owner of the home awoke Monday morning to find the body of 24-year-old Dexter Williams at the bottom of an empty tub, his face blue and purple and a chain resembling a dog collar around his neck, according to a Maumelle Police report.
Asleep next to him was KARK meteorologist Brett Cummins, 33, who had arrived at Christopher Barbour's home outside Little Rock accompanied by Williams around 8 p.m. on Sunday, Barbour told police.
The three drank and snorted drugs, though Barbour told police he did not know what kind, Officer Gregory Roussie said in a report. The three continued drinking in the hot tub until Barbour retired for the night around 11 p.m., falling asleep on his couch.
Barbour awoke to the sound of Cummins snoring and discovered the two in the hot tub, which had been drained of water, he told police. After he awoke Cummins, the two realized that Williams' face was discolored and his skin cold to the touch, prompting Cummins to scream and run to the living room, where he vomited, Barbour said.
Maumelle Police and fire rescue arrived at the home around 8:10 a.m. and found Williams' body in the tub with blood pooling around his head, Sergeant David Collins said in a report. In the master bedroom he found a pill bottle next to a pair of khaki cargo shorts on a storage ottoman at the foot of the bed.
No arrests had been made as of Wednesday, Lieutenant Jim Hansard said.
KARK reported the incident on its website Tuesday, acknowledging that Cummins was at Barbour’s house.
"Our Meteorologist Brett Cummins was at the home at the time of the death and we felt we should share this with our viewers," the report said. "Brett will not be on the air as he is mourning the loss of his friend. Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of Dexter Williams."
Cummins has not responded to calls or written requests for comment, and police said they are not releasing preliminary autopsy results for Williams.
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The next time this weatherman talks about "eyewall replacement," we'll know he speaks from experience.
mostly sunny with a slight chance of corpse
This is the funniest comment I have ever read. Literally laughed out loud here in the office from that. Awesome.
He forgot the safe word.
The weatherman can always look for more work in San Francisco ... or New York for that matter. NYC is actually more of a fruit basket than SF is.
Forget the Razorbacks, go Brokebacks!
hahahahahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Drudge had this yesterday...old news
I told those guys not to party with Charlie Sheen.
The "snorting drugs" is enough to get him fired from a conservative news station in a conservative state.
Look, I know you're looking to take a swipe at poor Arkansas, but that's kind of dumb. That would get him fired by any station in any state.
Snorting drugs is a way for anyone to get fired from anywhere.
But, Chris Rock said, he could still be mayor of Washington DC. . .
But, as Chris Rock said, he could still be mayor of Washington DC. . .
...unless they were sniffing Oxycontin; Oxycontin is a conservative drug.
Keep this story in the back of your mind, so when you have a bad day you can think of this and put it in perspective. well, at least i didnt wake up next to a naked dead guy in a empty hot tub with my face all over the news.
you forgot the vomiting part-I could have lived without knowing that.
Oh come on. This isn't news. Who among us hasn't woken up next to a dog-collared corpse after a night of partying. At our house we call this "Thursday".
nice!
LOL! That was so funny, but its got me thinking...why? A 24 year old died. We myself included in America have a twisted sense of humor.
How could you tell the stiff from the stiff?
He's kinda cute, actually... Too bad $h!t his the fan for him though. Tsk tsk
Sounds like just another Republican fund raiser to me.
It's too bad Normal Rockwell isn't around to paint that scene.
I slept with a few corpses in my day, all show and no go. In fact, I would have gotten more action from a corpse!