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As we near two weeks since the passing of beloved songwriter Todd Snider on November 14th, it seems the questions surrounding his time in Salt Lake City leading up to his death have only grown deeper and more confounding. The more information we receive, the more things fail to make sense, the more it appears opportunities to intervene in his fate were not taken, and cries for help went unheard.
The latest details came to light through a trove of information from the Salt Lake City Police Department detailing the investigation into the alleged “assault” that happened on October 31st. A “violent assault” was given as the reason Todd Snider’s appearance at Salt Lake’s Commonwealth Room was cancelled on November 1st, as was his final tour. Whatever happened, Snider suffered a major gash to the back of the head, and had to be taken to the hospital where he received multiple medical staples.
The Salt Lake City Police Department initially told us Snider’s injury did not happen in their jurisdiction, and there had been no investigation into the matter. It took them 17 days to come forward with the information from the investigation. When we did get those details, it painted a picture of Snider seeming to act erratically on his tour bus, and the conclusion that no assault happened at all, but that the injury was potentially accidental or inadvertent…