Former AP Exec In Bay Ridge Murder Hotel Case
Yesterday we noted the death of Paul Mento, whose body was found gagged with duct tape in a bathtub at Bay Ridge's Best Western Gregory Hotel, site of another recent murder. We also mocked the fact that police were "investigating the death as suspicious." No shit, right? Well, it turns out that Mento's death was in fact a suicide. And that's not all—he was a former executive with the AP.
Mento was the AP's budget director for 15 years, according to Newsday. Police say that he died of suffocation from the duct tape, but that he was alone in the room. He was not found in the bathtub, as initially reported, but on the bathroom floor. They also say he may have had a gambling problem, but no definitive connection has been established yet. He left the AP in 2004.
