Authorities Reveal Cause of Death for Missing Man Found 10 Days After Vanishing from Hilton Head Rental
Mar. 15, 2025A cause of death has been revealed forStanley Kotowski, the Massachusetts man who was found dead 10 days after he disappeared in South Carolina.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Aug. 27, authorities confirmed Kotowski, 60, was the individualfound deadon Monday, Aug. 26, underneath townhomes at the Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island.
Kotowski’s body was later found in a small crawl space underneath two townhomes about 150 to 200 yards from where he was last seen on video, according to Sheriff P.J. Tanner.
Stanley Kotowski.Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office
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The Mass. man, who was barefoot when he was last seen, is believed to have died the same day he disappeared, though the time of his death remains undetermined, according to Tanner.
The area where Kotowski was found is “very secluded” and and Tanner told reporters that he understood how the area “could be overlooked.”
Stanley Kotowski.Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook
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In a previouspress release, the BCSO said Kotowski departed without his cell phone or wallet.
The victim’s wife, Jackie Kotowski, previously toldABC affiliate WJCLthat her husband “just walked out the door” and never returned.
“His anxiety just kept getting worse and worse and worse, and he started to get a little paranoid,” Jackie explained at the time. She said her husband experienced “really bad insomnia for about a month” before his disappearance, but said he did not have dementia.
A BCSO report states Jackie told deputies that her husband was worried that the resort had “set up” a conspiracy, and believed people there were out to get him, according toWJCL.
Jackie also allegedly said her husband mentioned people were “watching him” several times, and even told her, “Promise me you will go on without me.”
source: people.com
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