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Hearing-impaired man found dead wedged in Atlanta restaurant vent

An unidentified man was discovered Monday morning stuck in a kitchen HVAC vent at Walter's Soul Food Cafe; cause of death under investigation.

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What to know

  • An unidentified hearing-impaired man was found dead Monday morning wedged in a kitchen HVAC vent at Walter's Soul Food Cafe in southwest Atlanta.
  • Atlanta police found no immediate signs of foul play; cause and manner of death are pending medical examiner investigation.
  • The man's head, arms and torso were visible extending from the vent above the frying area when workers arrived for their shift.

“She came in and was hollering and screaming and telling me, 'Rick! Look, look, look!'”

Cook (Rick), Walter's Soul Food Cafe cook · The Independent ↗

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Hearing-impaired man found dead wedged in Atlanta restaurant vent
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    NY Post reports man was hearing-impaired

    Additional reporting identified the deceased man as hearing-impaired, providing new detail about the victim's condition.

    1. 1 outlet Hearing-impaired man found dead inside vents of Atlanta soul food joint: report

      first by NY Post, 7d ago

  2. 2

    Family arrives and identifies body as relative

    Family members arrived at the scene later in the day and told police they believed the man was their relative, though the man remained officially unidentified at the time of reporting.

  3. background

    Atlanta Fire Rescue pronounces man dead; no foul play indicated — Atlanta Fire Rescue personnel responded and pronounced the person dead at the scene. The Atlanta Police Department's Homicide Unit and Crime Scene Unit deployed with the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office. Investigators stated there were no immediate indications of foul play. A nearby gas station on an elevated slope made the building roof accessible via ladder.

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    Man found dead in kitchen vent at Atlanta soul food restaurant

    Emergency personnel were dispatched to Walter's Soul Food Cafe at 394 Cleveland Avenue SW shortly before 9 a.m. following a call logged at approximately 8:58 a.m. Workers arriving for Monday morning shift discovered the man's head, arms and torso extending from a kitchen HVAC vent located above the frying area.

    “All we seen was his head. That's all. His head and his arms.”
    — Restaurant worker

    1. 1 outlet first by Independent UK, 9d ago · read ↗