American man, 57, found lifeless in Lagos hotel

Charles Carlson, a 57-year-old American died mysteriously after a rope was discovered beside his lifeless body in his room at the hotel room.


The Lagos Sate Police Command, described his death as ‘Sudden and Unnatural Death’ (SUD).

Carlson had lodged into an hotel located in Lekki Phase 1 area of Lagos state, ThisDay reports. His body was discovered at about 5.35pm on Tuesday, September 6 and the hotel alerted police detectives from Maroko Police Division.

                      Dolapo Badmos, spokesperson Lagos police command

Dolapo Badmos, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirming the incident, said: “We received a situation report sudden and unnatural death a foreign national today at about 5.35pm.

“The manager told detectives that they noticed that he did not come out for breakfast. Telephone calls to his mobile and hotel intercom was not picked, which prompted them to call his business partner.

“The door was forced open and he was found motionless as he had allegedly hung himself with a rope close to door. Detectives from Maroko division visited the scene and corpse was evacuated to the mortuary.”

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos state command, Fatai Owoseni has ordered the case to be transferred to the homicide section of State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti for investigation.