Man dies after leap from hotel roof

JESSICA TAVERNA

GLENDALE -- A 45-year-old La Crescenta man died Tuesday after

plummeting 16 floors from the roof of a hotel in what was an apparent

suicide, according to police reports.

A guest at the Hilton Glendale Hotel, 100 W. Glenoaks Blvd., reported

finding a man’s body lying face down with blood flowing from his head on

the roof of the fourth floor Tuesday morning.

Police found the man with cuts on his inner thigh and right bicep and

a pool of blood near his head. He was pronounced dead at 7 a.m., the

police report states.

Police found a suicide note in the man’s hotel room, explaining why he

killed himself. Police reports state there were no signs of foul play.

Police believe the man jumped from the 19th-story roof, hit a metal

wall covering air conditioners and landed on the fourth-story roof,

according to the report.