HSBC banker found hanged in hotel

[Potemkin]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...-in-hotel.html

HSBC banker found hanged in hotel
A top HSBC banker has been found hanged in the room of a five-star hotel, police said.


Last Updated: 10:28AM GMT 21 Dec 2008

Scotland Yard said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of Danish-born Christen Schnor, 49, who was found at around 2.40pm on Wednesday at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Knightsbridge, west London.

The Mail on Sunday reported Mr Schnor, who leaves a wife and two children, was found hanging by a belt, naked in a closet in his room.

A spokesman for HSBC said: "Our thoughts are with his family and we will do all we can to help them at this difficult time."

Mr Schnor studied at Henley Management College and graduated in 1994.

He joined HSBC in June 2007 when he was appointed head of insurance with responsibilities for Europe and the Middle East.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said it had been called to reports of a man found hanging, adding: "The 49-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

"A post mortem will take place in due course. His death is being treated as non-suspicious."

[rb.]

Naked? Do you strip down to commit suicide, or is this an auto-eroticism thing? If I were to commit suicide, I'd be damned if I'd be found naked.

[sandyd]

And notice the guy was only working there since 07?

This stinks......

[CanadaSue]

I dunno if it stinks or not, he may have had ongoing depression issues.

[duck-n-cover]

Originally Posted by rb.

Naked? Do you strip down to commit suicide, or is this an auto-eroticism thing? If I were to commit suicide, I'd be damned if I'd be found naked.

My thoughts exactly!

[dyrt]

He went out as he came in . . . naked.

[rb.]

Yeah, but I don't know too many depressed people who would want to be found naked. Unless the despair hit while naked, and he didn't have the emotional energy to get dressed. Still...seems something other than suicide to me.

[Ross]

Maybe he just wanted people to see he was 'well-hung' .

If I was about to take the dive I am sure I could easily be totally
unaware and unconcerned about what I was wearing ( or not ) .

[Fattail]

His clothes fell off when he had to take his belt off to hang himself.

Duh.

[Auburn Boy]

This is the second high profile banker found dead in just two days..,

Bernie Madoff scandal related?