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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?

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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)

 

OTHER

Obituary of Gegory Joseph Fleniken

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