Santa Clarita FBI Agent Found Dead
Investigators were awaiting autopsy results Thursday in the apparent carbon-monoxide poisoning death of an FBI agent from Santa Clarita in a ski resort, authorities said Thursday.
Special Agent Walter Weber, 42, was pronounced dead Sunday after he was found lying in his room at the North Village Inn in this resort community.
His wife, Molly Smith Weber, 36, vice president for college textbook publishing at Houghton Mifflin Co., was listed in critical but stable condition Thursday at Loma Linda Medical Center. Her mother, Sally Schuler, said Wednesday that Weber was being treated for carbon-monoxide poisoning.
Hotel manager Philly Brooks said she had been told by investigators that Weber’s death and his wife’s illness were the result of a faulty gas heater. Paula Winn, spokeswoman for the Mono County Sheriff’s Department, declined to comment Thursday, saying only that investigators were awaiting autopsy results.
The two were found by Brooks after they remained in the room well past checkout time and failed to respond to a knock on their door.
The Webers, avid skiers, were frequent visitors to Mammoth Lakes. They had been married about 10 years and lived in Santa Clarita for about six years. Weber had been with the FBI for about 10 years.
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