Man fatally stabbed at Lower East Side hotel: NYPD
LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (PIX11) – A man was found fatally stabbed at a Lower East Side hotel Sunday, according to the NYPD.
The 49-year-old was found with multiple stab wounds around 11:15 p.m. inside the Public Hotel near Chrystie Street and Stanton Street, according to the NYPD. He was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.
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The man was not a guest of the hotel, sources told PIX11. He was found in a bathroom stall with a knife under him after another person reported to hotel staff that someone was having a medical episode in the bathroom, according to sources.
Police had not found his suspected killer by Monday, and had not made any arrests, according to the NYPD.
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