KITTERY (AP) – Police are investigating the death of a Derry, N.H., man found in a motel parking lot.
Richard Stanley, 58, died Saturday at Portsmouth Regional Hospital about a day after being released from police custody in Portsmouth, N.H.
Two days earlier, Stanley was arrested in Exeter, N.H., for driving a stolen vehicle the wrong way on Route 101, according to New Hampshire State Police Lt. Mike Hambrook.
The arresting trooper requested an ambulance, telling dispatchers Stanley was diabetic and needed medical help. The ambulance took Stanley to Exeter Hospital, which later released him for a trip to the Portsmouth Police Department on an outstanding arrest warrant regarding the stolen vehicle.
According to Portsmouth Capt. Bill Irving, Stanley was charged with unauthorized use of rental property after renting a car in January and never returning it and was released on personal recognizance bail sometime Friday morning.
At 7:42 Saturday morning, Kittery police responded to a report of a man lying in the parking lot of the Noreaster Motel.
An ambulance took him to Portsmouth Regional Hospital. At 9:55 a.m., a Kittery police officer called New Hampshire State Police to inform that Stanley was suffering from internal bleeding, according to Hambrook.
At 1:52 p.m., the Kittery officer called back to say Stanley had died.
Hambrook said he inquired whether the death was a result of injuries sustained in the Route 101 accident and whether the accident report needed to be updated to “fatal.” Hambrook said he was told no accident had occurred, that Stanley simply was pulled over for driving the wrong way.
An autopsy is pending, according to the New Hampshire medical examiner’s office.
A Portsmouth Regional Hospital spokeswoman said she could not comment.
Kittery Sgt. Ron Avery said Tuesday he could not comment on whether Stanley’s death is considered suspicious.
Hambrook said Tuesday that New Hampshire troopers were not involved in the Stanley investigation.
Irving said Portsmouth’s involvement was limited to taking Stanley into custody on the stolen vehicle charge.
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