US Air Flight Attendant Found Murdered in Mexico City Hotel Room

[EZEtoGRU]

This is a news story today. I copied from the Examiner.com. Don't know if an escort was involved but it seems there was a sexual angle to this. In another story I read, it seems he was found naked. RIP to the individual. All take care please.

 

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A flight attendant for US Airways was found strangled in his Mexico City hotel room, Mexico City police said Saturday. The flight attendant, who was identified as Phoenix-based Nick Aaronson, did not report for his 6AM lobby call on Saturday morning. Noticias Mexico (article in Spanish) reports subsequent calls to his room went unanswered, and hotel employees found Aaronson beside his bed with his hands and neck bound, after which they immediately notified local authorities. Aaronson was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. Mexico City police are investigating the case as a homicide.

 

The AFA, the union that represents US Airways flight attendants, reports that although a preliminary investigation found hotel security not at fault for the incident, crews have been relocated to another hotel for Mexico City layovers until the the investigation is completed. "It's tragic. We are caring for our co-workers," Deborah Volpe, president of AFA Council 66 told the Arizona Republic. "Our co-workers are struggling." Volpe added that Aaronson was "very popular" and "very loved."

 

US Airways and the AFA have dispatched the Flight Attendant Incident Critical Response Team and made grief counseling available for employees affected by the incident. More information on this developing story will be shared as it becomes available.

 

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[Diverdan]

How very sad... and it will be even worse if an escort was involved or something similar happened. It can of course happen in any major city, but unfortunately, I had a friend who had moved to Mexico and was murdered in the home he was remodeling. The case was never solved, but his partner is convinced it was done by the contractors who finally realized he was gay and had lots of money.

Edited October 30, 2011 by Diverdan

[JT Brooklyn]

Mexico is becoming more and more less desirable to visit with Major Violent Crime just about everywhere...

 

When there's Armed Police standing behind Palm Trees on the Beach it definitely is No Day at the Beach! Unfortunately alot of Americano's thought they would stretch their "Retirement Incomes" there and live like Royalty..it ain't so!

[JoeBlow]

Hopefully that Mexico City Hilton has security video cameras like the ones that helped solve the Craigslist murder at a downtown Boston Marriott. Without surveillance video footage, the perpetrator probably would be a doctor practicing medicine (and possibly killing other escorts) today.

[EZEtoGRU]

Hopefully that Mexico City Hilton has security video cameras like the ones that helped solve the Craigslist murder at a downtown Boston Marriott. Without surveillance video footage, the perpetrator probably would be a doctor practicing medicine (and possibly killing other escorts) today.

Seems the hotel did have security cameras. Police have made an arrest after reviewing security camera tapes as well as tracking the FA's stolen iPhone. No information yet on the suspect or if he was an escort.

[JT Brooklyn]

I wouldn't jump on the "Working Guy" Theory to fast! It could be some low life he met somewhere every Large City everywhere has them like BedBugs!

[EZEtoGRU]

I wouldn't jump on the "Working Guy" Theory to fast! It could be some low life he met somewhere every Large City everywhere has them like BedBugs!

 

Of course you are right BG. It is much more likely the killer was not an escort. There was a time 10-15 years ago when some well known gay activists were being brutally murdered in Mexico City. I knew one if them. I'm not sure the murders were ever solved...but it was long suspected the police were behind the killings.

[JackTwist]

Nick Aaronson: Rest in Peace.

 

My gut-feeling is that the murderer wasn't an escort and I sure hope they nail the bastard that killed this good man. He was apparently well-regarded and loved by his colleagues and peers and looks like a sweet, friendly young man. May he rest in peace.

 

http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/middle/2011/10/30/182295-nick-aaronson.jpg

 

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/5836/imagelet.jpg

[MsGuy]

Mexican police say the suspect (identified from hotel cams) was a male protitute. He was found near the same bar Aaronson met him at.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/01/us-mexico-usa-idUSTRE7A00FU20111101

[JT Brooklyn]

Very Sad... But Hopefully there at least will be some closure for the family with the capture of the Low Life Character responsible.

[EastbayMike]

The article on Reuters now includes the following:

 

(This story was corrected to remove reference to prostitute)

 

I use to stay at that hotel during my visits to Mexico City when the hotel was a Sheraton. Beautiful hotel in a good location. Sad story but it could have happened in any city. I feel for his family.

[+ dupontversDC]

Damn, what a sad story.

 

I can't believe how stupid criminals are, to think you could get away with something like this for a few dollars...what a waste.

 

Here's some video of the escort and his attempt at an excuse:

 

[bigvalboy]

Wow!! thank you dupont, very interesting, but a big warning to all of us who travel and hire. What to do? It is frightening. You can be as careful as you can, but you just never know.

[Diverdan]

Thanks, dupont. What a sad story, but so glad they caught the low life scum. I am very sad for the family and friends, especially if they did not know he was gay.

[Irtwo]

That video is odd. The police parade him out for interviews in front of a PR backdrop, like he's a celebrity at the Oscars?

[+ azdr0710]

That video is odd. The police parade him out for interviews in front of a PR backdrop, like he's a celebrity at the Oscars?

 

exactly what I thought....maybe it's some sort of public humiliation thing??....justice, Mexico style?....guilty until proven innocent?....or appeasing the press clambering for a photo op?....strange

[JackTwist]

This story literally sickens me. Such a waste of precious human life.

 

Anita Aaronson, Nick's mother, poured out her emotion on her Facebook page, posting videos of the young, joyful redhead singing karaoke. Watch the video from her FB home page here: http://www.facebook.com/Anitaa3?sk=wall

 

"I can't stop thinking about my boy, he died in such an awful way, I keep thinking of his pain and fear," she wrote.

[Guest]

(Bloomberg) -- At the nightclub door, a security guard checks every bag, pocket and makeup pouch with a mini flashlight. In the bathroom, another stands watch as drug dealers sell cocaine in bags marked with skulls. That guard escorts revelers into a stall where they can snort in private.

 

Drug gangs are ever more powerful in Mexico City, leaving even the most exclusive nightspots with little choice but to let them sell their wares. It’s better than the alternative: Outside the club — near the Cibeles Fountain in a neighborhood popular with American tourists — the owner of another bar was shot dead. More recently, two men with narcotics in their car were gunned down eight blocks away in broad daylight and shooters at an exclusive mall left two more dead.

 

Mexico City had always been a haven from the beheadings and mass graves that beset the country. But as homicides have risen year after year, it began to look more like the rest of Mexico. Since leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took power in December, crime has become topic No. 1 in conversations in cafes and bars and offices.

[Guest]

Strange to bring up this almost 8 year-old string. The perp was a parolee. One wouldn't think a 27 year-old would have to pay for sex, if he's in reasonably good shape, which the victim appeared to be. All of these years later, I couldn't find out whether the perp was ever convicted, and, if so, of what and with what sentence. The name is so incredibly common as to make a search very difficult. Any of you here happen to know if Jose Luis Ramirez was ever convicted?

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

I wonder if anyone actually spent considerable amounts of time in CDMX or if this is just more parroted media scare tactic bullshit.

 

I have spent a lot of time throughout CDMX. I don't feel unsafe.

 

Mexico is no better or worse than a lot of what is already happening in the States every single day. Add to that the recent rash of US mass shootings and these little attempts to make Mexico look evil just seem ridiculous and hypocritical.

Edited August 4, 2019 by Benjamin_Nicholas

[Guest]

I don't feel at all unsafe in Mexico City. I've stayed at that hotel. Most hotels in the whole country of Mexico actually go beyond what hotels in most countries do in terms of be careful about who comes to the room, even during the day. That guest/murderer actually had to sign in. That's why they caught him so quickly. I can't imagine how the idiot thought he wouldn't be caught. If anything, I've been frustrated when hotels won't let me bring up guests, and I've had to rent a whole new hotel room just so I could do the deed. The US is probably one of the least safe places to be. It's getting worse than Yemen. Afghanistan, or Venezuela, in terms of being at risk for being a random murder victim in the US.

[Deadlift1]

I don't feel at all unsafe in Mexico City. I've stayed at that hotel. Most hotels in the whole country of Mexico actually go beyond what hotels in most countries do in terms of be careful about who comes to the room, even during the day. That guest/murderer actually had to sign in. That's why they caught him so quickly. I can't imagine how the idiot thought he wouldn't be caught. If anything, I've been frustrated when hotels won't let me bring up guests, and I've had to rent a whole new hotel room just so I could do the deed. The US is probably one of the least safe places to be. It's getting worse than Yemen. Afghanistan, or Venezuela, in terms of being at risk.

You think? Worse than venezuela?

Edited August 5, 2019 by Deadlift1

[+ WilliamM]

Worse than Yemen, Afghanistan, or Venezuela. Uh.....no.....u don't know what u r talkin about

 

Yes, a epic exaggeration. And I have visit Mexico City. Russia is far less dangerous than Yemen, Afghanistan and South Sudan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world.

[+ Pensant]

I wonder if anyone actually spent considerable amounts of time in CDMX or if this is just more parroted media scare tactic bullshit.

 

I have spent a lot of time throughout CDMX. I don't feel unsafe.

 

Mexico is no better or worse than a lot of what is already happening in the States every single day. Add to that the recent rash of US mass shootings and these little attempts to make Mexico look evil just seem ridiculous and hypocritical.

Yeah. I spent a few days in CDMX (Condesa) and felt very safe at night. We even walked to Polanco through Chapultepec Parque and didn’t feel the least uncomfortable.

[Monarchy79]

If we’re talking safety, we should be more concerned on U.S. soil. The surge in random mass shootings speaks for itself.