Man pummeled 76-year-old woman to death in hotel room and left her body for the maids to find: Police

A Florida antheral was arrested successful transportation with the grisly find of a dormant pistillate successful a hotel room.

Paul Stottler, 39, is successful custody astatine the Pinellas County Jail aft being charged with second-degree murder connected Friday. According to a ailment reviewed by Law&Crime, constabulary responded to the Holiday Inn Express successful St. Petersburg, Florida, connected June 25 aft edifice unit recovered the assemblage of 76-year-old Emma Jean Mullins successful 1 of the rooms. Mullins was wrapped successful sheets, covered successful clothing, and hidden nether 1 of the bed's mattresses.

Police said surveillance video captured Mullins entering the edifice with Stottler the nighttime earlier astir 10:45 p.m. Stottler was seen leaving the edifice by himself astir 4:30 a.m.

In a property release, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said grounds wrong the edifice country wherever Mullins was recovered indicated that a conflict took place. Police said the furnishings successful the country was overturned and determination were bloodstains and breached solid successful assorted locations.

According to the complaint, Mullins suffered "blunt unit trauma to her look and body." She was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Police said that erstwhile Stottler near the edifice alone, helium did not permission empty-handed. According to the property release, Stottler was seen connected surveillance cameras carrying respective bags retired of the edifice and past throwing them successful a dumpster successful the parking lot. Police searched the dumpster and recovered "three documents with Mullins' sanction concealed successful an crystal bucket" on with men's covering and bloodied bedding.

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After constabulary arrested Stottler, helium reportedly admitted to dumping grounds erstwhile helium near the hotel.

Police did not supply accusation astir the narration betwixt Stottler and Mullins.

Stottler is being held without enslaved astatine the Pinellas County Jail. He is owed to look successful tribunal connected Tuesday.