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An emergency call made by an alleged employee of the hotel where Slipknot star Paul Gray was found dead has been released online.
US gossip website TMZ claims it has obtained a recording of the call placed by an unnamed hotel maintenance worker who discovered Gray's body.
"We believe that it's a drug overdose," the employee says of Gray's condition. "There's a hypodermic needle next to his bed here."
Asked if Gray were awake, the worker replies: "Oh God, no," explaining that it appeared as though Gray had been dead "for a while".
He later identifies the musician's name from the label on a nearby bottle of pills.
The employee is also heard to say that Gray's mother had called the hotel earlier that day because she was having trouble reaching her son.
No signs of foul play or significant trauma were reported to have been found during the 33-year-old bass player's autopsy, with the cause of his death not set to be determined until toxicology results are returned, which will take between four and six weeks.
