Northeast
South Carolina authorities reveal Massachusetts man's cause of death after he vanished in Hilton Head
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South Carolina authorities on Tuesday revealed the cause of death for Stanley Kotowski, a Massachusetts man who disappeared from a family vacation in Hilton Head on Aug. 16.
Kotowski, 60, was apparently suffering from insomnia and anxiety when he left his family’s Hilton Head vacation rental and wandered off on the morning of Aug. 16. He was missing for 10 days before the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office located his remains beneath a Sea Pines residence on Monday.
Authorities later identified the deceased as Kotowski, and Beaufort County Coroner David Ott on Tuesday determined his cause of death to be asphyxiation by hanging and his manner of death as suicide.
“The day of the incident where he was located, the Sea Pine security, along with the sheriff’s office were on their daily canvas of the area. The Sea Pine security officer walked the neighborhood… again, and he smelled something that was a foul odor, and then he saw that there were some flies in the area, and he contacted the sheriff’s office,” Lt. Eric Calendine said during a Tuesday evening press conference.
MASSACHUSETTS MAN’S MYSTERIOUS SOUTH CAROLINA DEATH ON HILTON HEAD FAMILY VACATION SHAKES FAMILY: ‘UNIMAGINABLE LOSS’
Stanley Kotowski was wearing a Coors Light shirt, dark gray shorts and no shoes when he left the area, according to the sheriff’s office. (Facebook)
Authorities searched around the building, and “it was not easy to find” a place with access to the crawl space beneath the house.
“We ended up finding a hatch by… the outdoor shower on the deck itself, removed the hatch, officer went down, took the flashlight around, didn’t see anything, had to crawl through the crawl space… to finally locate the body,” Calendine explained.
SOUTH CAROLINA POLICE FIND BODY OF MASSACHUSETTS MAN WHO VANISHED FROM HILTON HEAD FAMILY VACATION
Ring doorbell footage released over the weekend shows Kotowski leaving his family’s Hilton Head rental residence on the same day he disappeared.
In the video released by the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, Kotowski can be seen walking out the front door of the South Sea Pines Drive rental barefoot. Kotowski also appears to be confused in the video as he stops walking and looks around in the middle of the street before continuing on.
MASSACHUSETTS MAN MISSING IN SOUTH CAROLINA AFTER HE VANISHED FROM HILTON HEAD VACATION
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The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office found Stanley Kotowski’s body. (Beaufort Co. Sheriff)
Kotowski’s wife, Jackie Kotowski, told local news outlet WJCL that he “just walked out the door.”
“He had really bad insomnia for about a month. He doesn’t have dementia. His anxiety just kept getting worse and worse and worse and he started to get a little paranoid,” she said.
A BCSO report obtained by WJCL says Jackie told deputies her husband “believes Sea Pines is a ‘set up’ and has a conspiracy that the people here are out to get him. She stated that Stanley has made several statements of people at this place ‘watching him.’”
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Stanley Kotowski died by suicide, authorities said. (Facebook)
Before Stanley left their rental, he apparently told Jackie, “Promise me you will go on without me,” according to the report.
“It is with deep sorrow that I share the heartbreaking news that Stan has been found,” Jackie wrote in a Monday Facebook post. “Sadly, he is no longer with us. Our hearts are heavy with grief as we begin to process this unimaginable loss.”
She thanked “everyone who offered their support, shared information, and helped in the search efforts.”
Beaufort County authorities said during the Tuesday press conference that the entire community was helpful with search efforts. Even out-of-state property owners called Hilton Head officials to allow them to search their residences for signs of Kotowski.
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Boston, MA
Chestnut Hill museum once pumped water to Boston during Gilded Age
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Pittsburg, PA
Steelers Rookie Beanie Bishop Changes Jersey Number
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PITTSBURGH — After making the cut and earning the starting slot cornerback job, Beanie Bishop Jr. has decided on a number for his rookie season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Bishop will wear No. 31, a number that has all but been exclusive to defensive backs throughout Steelers history. Safety Keanu Neal was the most recent player to wear it for the team, doing so during the 2023 campaign.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Donnie Shell, Mike Logan, Ross Cockrell and Mike Hilton are some of the more notable names who have sported the number for the team throughout its history.
Pittsburgh has retired three numbers, though the franchise has a multitude of others that belonged to franchise legends and aren’t issued anymore out of respect for those players despite not officially being decommissioned. Some examples include No. 12 for Terry Bradshaw, No. 43 for Troy Polamalu and No. 86 for Hines Ward.
As a result, the Steelers supply duplicate numbers as necessary throughout the preseason. Such was the case with Bishop, who shared No. 30 with Jaylen Warren and was forced to switch after he made the team’s initial 53-man roster.
Bishop began his collegiate career at Western Kentucky wearing No. 29 (’18 – ’20) before swapping it out for No. 21 in his final year at the school in 2021. He then transferred to Minnesota for the 2022 season, where he sported No. 7. Bishop’s final stop was at West Virginia last year, and he chose to go with No. 11.
None of those numbers were up for grabs this year, however. No. 11 belongs to Van Jefferson, No. 21 is Darius Rush, Ryan Watts owns No. 29 and No. 7 belonged to Ben Roethlisberger, likely meaning no player will ever wear it again for the Steelers.
Bishop is the lone undrafted free agent from Pittsburgh’s 2024 class who survived final cuts on Tuesday. He beat out Thomas Graham Jr. for the starting slot role after making six tackles and allowing three receptions this preseason.
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Connecticut
One taken to hospital after crashing into building in Bridgeport
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One person has been taken to the hospital after crashing into a building in Bridgeport.
Police said a driver hit a building in the 400 block of Midland Street at 8:48 a.m. Thursday and no additional information is available on the injuries.
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