Cops: Hotel guest kills self, facility evacuated
Photo credit: Newsday / J. Conrad Williams, Jr. | This is the scene where a noxious odor was found at the Holiday Inn in Carle Place. (Jan. 24, 2013)
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Authorities ordered an evacuation of the Holiday Inn in Carle Place on Thursday to investigate a "noxious odor" and found a guest had committed suicide by concocting a fatal mix of chemicals, Nassau police said.
Officers were called to the Old Country Road lodging about 3 p.m. and smelled fumes on the second floor, police said.
Scores of guests and employees were evacuated to the Chateau...