Jamaican hotel worker freezes to death in the US
Jamaican man who worked at a hotel in Jackson, Wyoming in the United States, died last Saturday due to hypothermia, which occurs when the body gets cold and loses heat faster than it can make it.
The coroner’s office in Jackson said 30-year-old Aldane Mullings died fromhypothermia due to exposure. The phenomenon can occur due to extreme exposure to cold air. Temperatures in Jackson, Wyoming hit minus-16 degrees Celsius last Friday night.
Mullings’ body was found lying in a road on Saturday morning
The Washington Times reported that the deceased man had been in Jackson on a J-1 visa, working at a hotel.
Authorities said he was last seen alive, drinking at a restaurant early on Saturday morning.
They said his death is no longer being treated as a suspicious development, this after an autopsy determined that none of his injuries was consistent with severe trauma.
