Slipknot bassist dies, autopsy results expected soon
Created: May 26, 2010 11:00 AM
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, file)Dead: Paul Gray from the group Slipknot pictured in 2005 wearing a trademark stage mask. Slipknot famously appeared on stage wearing various masks.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say they hope to have autopsy results "fairly quickly" on Paul Gray, the bassist for Grammy-winning metal band Slipknot.
The 38-year-old Gray was found dead on Monday in a hotel room in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale. There was no indication of foul play.
Urbandale police Sgt. Dave Disney says the Polk County medical examiner's office started the autopsy yesterday morning.
Disney says because of the interest in Gray's death, he hoped the results, including toxicology tests, could be expedited and made available quickly.
A hotel employee found Gray dead in a room at the TownePlace Suites.
Disney declined to say where Gray was found or to provide details about what was in the room.
