Piotr Kulesza, a pathologist at Northwestern University Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, who worked with the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, died after a fall from a hotel balcony after attending the cooperative group’s semi-annual meeting. Kulesza was 46.
Police records, including 911 calls, indicate that the fall occurred shortly before 12:29 a.m., Nov. 17, 2013, when Kulesza dropped through the glass roof and into the lobby of the Westin Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, Fla., where ECOG-ACRIN had completed its meeting earlier that day.
A police report states that Kulesza had fallen from the 23rd floor balcony.
“Initial investigation does not reveal any suspected foul play,” Hollywood police said in a statement. “Detectives are actively investigating this case as to whether it was an accident or intentional.”
This is an excerpt of an article that was published in full in The Cancer Letter.
