Casefile Extra
Greg Fleniken
When 55-year-old Greg Fleniken was found dead inside his hotel room in Beaumont, Texas, nothing about the scene appeared suspicious. There were no signs of forced entry, no obvious wounds, and no indication of a struggle. At first, it seemed Greg had died suddenly from natural causes.
But an autopsy revealed something far more troubling. Greg had suffered catastrophic internal injuries, leading investigators to treat his death as a homicide. The problem was that nothing inside Room 348 explained how those injuries had occurred.
With no clear suspect, no apparent motive, and a crime scene that made little sense, the case quickly reached a dead end. What had happened inside Room 348?
CREDITS
EPISODE
Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Matthew Dawe
MUSIC
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas
Audio editing – Anthony Telfer
OTHER
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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RESOURCES
VIDEOS
No Checking Out: Does Murder Sleep. Season 1, episode 5 – Investigation Discovery
2020: Investigators Gather Evidence – ABC News
Plea in 2010 hotel shooting – KFDM
ONLINE ARTICLES
The Body in Room 348 – Vanity Fair
Detective Ken Brennan on How to Crack a Cold Case – Vanity Fair
Man Dies Alone Mysteriously in His Hotel Room – ABC News
The Mystery Is Finally Solved – ABC News
Reward Offered For Information on Man Found Dead – Beaumont Enterprise
Police Thought Man in Room 348 Died of Natural Causes. The Truth Was Buried Inside His Body – People
Room no 348 Mystery: Man Smashed to Death With No Major External Injuries? – Medium
Trial nixed in civil suit over notorious death at MCM Elegante Hotel – Legal Newsline
CF man gets 10 years for Texas hotel shooting – TMC
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
Hotel death ruled homicide – The Beaumont Enterprise (November 24, 2010)
Reward offered in man’s death – The Daily Advertiser (November 30, 2010)
Oddity in case is that it was not immediately evident Fleniken was shot (August 11, 2013)