An
Arkansas weatherman didn't predict he would wake up in a hot tub with
a naked dead man, but that's exactly what police say happened.
Now authorities are trying to determine what killed
Dexter Williams, whose
body was found with a "dog collar" around his neck, according to a police
report.
The mystery began Monday night, when KARK 4 News meteorologist
Brett
Cummins arrived at the home of
John Barbour around 11 p.m. in Maumelle,
just north of
Little Rock, the report stated. The 33-year-old weatherman
brought Williams, 24, with him. Barbour said he did not know the doomed
man.
"They then began to drink and use illegal narcotics,"
Officer Gregory Roussie
said Barbour told him. "Mr. Barbour stated he was not sure of the drugs
that they were using but that they were snorting them."
About two hours later, Cummins and Williams went into the Jacuzzi to have
a drink, and Barbour later joined them, police said. Shortly afterwards,
Barbour said he left the two and went into the living room, where he fell
asleep on the couch.
Barbour told police he awoke about 8 a.m. Tuesday and could hear Cummins
snoring in the hot tub, the report said. He proceeded to gather glasses in
the bathroom and wake up Cummins before realizing Williams was dead.
