Another Strange Death at The W Hotel in Austin Texas

AUSTIN Texas -- Police are investigating a deadly fall at the W Hotel in downtown Austin.
Austin police say the man may have jumped from the north side of the hotel just before 11 a.m. on Sunday. His body landed along West 3rd Street between Guadeloupe and Lavaca streets.
Police suspect the incident may be a suicide, but homicide detectives are also investigating.

and then there's this report from gawker 6/30/11 3:43am :

This is disconcerting. Almost a month to the day after two women plunged from a 10th floor window of the W Hotel in Atlanta, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, another woman has died falling from a W Hotel.

This time, it was the D.C. branch, across the street from the White House, where the rooftop patio is a popular hotspot. A woman, who according to authorities had been drinking at the roof bar, was spotted climbing over a fence. Witnesses report seeing her "hanging by her hands from an overhang one story below the rooftop around 11 p.m." She then fell — yup, 10 stories — and was declared dead at the scene.

At the Austin W, meanwhile, glass from balcony panels fell to the ground three times in recent weeks. The hotel has closed "until further notice." A couple is suing them after being injured when shards of broken glass rained down on them in the hotel pool.

The Austin W wants to stress that their easily-dislodged glass panels have nothing to do with the Atlanta W's easily-dislodged glass panels. It would appear that nothing gave out in the death of the D.C. W patron, however, except for her common sense after one too many cocktails. [Image of W Washington D.C. via starwoodhotels.com]

what is going on?

Tuesday, June 28, 2011 we posted this:

Is the W hotel haunted?  Why are sheets of glass launching to the streets below?  There has also been a strange sad death of a woman who worked at the W.   Austin Texas is a developing city, is this causing a disruption in the universe.

Here is a story in the Austin American Statesman:
http://www.statesman.com/business/1-000-glass-panels-to-be-replaced-at-1566212.html

 

By Gary Dinges

"Almost 1,000 glass panels on the balconies at the 37-story W Austin Hotel and Residences will be replaced after three of the panels fell more than 20 stories Monday afternoon onto West Third and Lavaca streets — the second time glass has dropped from the downtown building in less than a month.
No one was injured, but five parked vehicles were damaged, according to a W spokesman.
A pair of panels fell more than 20 floors into the hotel's pool area on June 10, leaving four people with minor injuries. The pool remains closed."

Here is the sad story of the missing woman found in an ventilation system.  my prayers go out to the family.
http://www.statesman.com/news/local/missing-womans-body-found-in-ventilation-system-police-1566142.html

By Patrick George and Claudia Grisales

AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF


"A 26-year-old woman who was reported missing a month ago was trying to enter a downtown restaurant through its ventilation system when she became trapped and died, police said.
Jamie Minor, 26, was identified Monday as the person discovered inside ductwork leading into Perry's Steakhouse between the first and second floors of the building at 114 W. Seventh St . Police Cmdr. Julie O'Brien said medical examiners are working to determine Minor's exact cause of death and that police do not believe foul play was involved.
"This appears to be an incredibly tragic accidental death," O'Brien said."


and then there's this report from gawker:

This is disconcerting. Almost a month to the day after two women plunged from a 10th floor window of the W Hotel in Atlanta, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition, another woman has died falling from a W Hotel.

This time, it was the D.C. branch, across the street from the White House, where the rooftop patio is a popular hotspot. A woman, who according to authorities had been drinking at the roof bar, was spotted climbing over a fence. Witnesses report seeing her "hanging by her hands from an overhang one story below the rooftop around 11 p.m." She then fell — yup, 10 stories — and was declared dead at the scene.

At the Austin W, meanwhile, glass from balcony panels fell to the ground three times in recent weeks. The hotel has closed "until further notice." A couple is suing them after being injured when shards of broken glass rained down on them in the hotel pool.

The Austin W wants to stress that their easily-dislodged glass panels have nothing to do with the Atlanta W's easily-dislodged glass panels. It would appear that nothing gave out in the death of the D.C. W patron, however, except for her common sense after one too many cocktails. [Image of W Washington D.C. via starwoodhotels.com]

what is going on?
the comments below are interesting.  seems things have gotten quiet.