A Florida man was arrested in connection with the grisly discovery of a dead woman in a hotel room.
Paul Stottler, 39, is in custody at the Pinellas County Jail after being charged with second-degree murder on Friday. According to a complaint reviewed by Law&Crime, police responded to the Holiday Inn Express in St. Petersburg, Florida, on June 25 after hotel staff found the body of 76-year-old Emma Jean Mullins in one of the rooms. Mullins was wrapped in sheets, covered in clothing, and hidden under one of the bed’s mattresses.
Police said surveillance video captured Mullins entering the hotel with Stottler the night before around 10:45 p.m. Stottler was seen leaving the hotel by himself around 4:30 a.m…