GEORGE TOWN, 1 Dec 2017:
A German man was found dead in a room of a budget hotel at Jalan Love Lane here today.
Timur Laut district police chief ACP Anuar Omar identified the victim, whose body was found by a hotel employee at about 9.10am, as Martin Leonhard, 46, who was working as a nurse in Germany.
He said the body had been sent to Penang Hospital for post mortem.
“The body was found with blood on the head, and there were also blood stains on the wall in the hotel room.”
Anuar said a check with the hotel found that the victim checked in on Nov 12 and was not behaving his normal self after four days of staying there, like not having proper meals and only consumed liquor.
The hotel caretaker had said the victim was sad over the death of his two younger siblings in an accident in Germany two months ago.
“Police also found a medical report on the victim in the room which state that he was suffering from depression and psychiatric problems.”
– Bernama