Owner of killer bear chokes to death on sex toy

[ShenMolo]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43744222/ns/us_news-weird_news/

CLEVELAND — An exotic-animal owner who made headlines last summer when one of his bears mauled a woman to death has died after apparently choking on a sex toy, authorities said.
Sam Mazzola, 49, was found dead in his Columbia Station home on Sunday, face down on a water bed. He was bound to the bed with handcuffs, chains and padlocks, Lorain County Chief Deputy Coroner Dr. Frank Miller told the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mazzola had a sex toy in his throat, which apparently obstructed his breathing, Miller said. He was also wearing a leather mask with the eyes and mouth zipped shut and a two-piece metal sphere covering his head, the coroner told The Morning Journal.
"He had done this by request according to the story we were given,” Miller told The Morning Journal. “There was an assistant, but that is under investigation.”
It appeared Mazzola died from an "accident during sexual role play," Miller told the Plain Dealer.
An autopsy determined the preliminary cause of death was asphyxia due to airway obstruction by foreign body. Suicide and homicide have been ruled out. "The manner of death is pending further investigation and will be released when the case is finalized,” the coroner’s office said in a press release.
Sheriff’s detective Mike Lopez told The Morning Journal that a teenage co-worker found Mazzola’s body.
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[Azazel]

 

What a way to go. He'd have had to be aware of it as it was happening, too.

[Tebonas]

And here I thought the killer bear was involved. Thats a pretty standard way to die for fans of that kind of stuff, isn't it?

[Hawkbit]

It's from Cleveland; the only thing surprising is that there was a bear mentioned in the story.

[01101010]

It's from Cleveland; the only thing surprising is that there was a bear mentioned in the story.

Columbia Station more precisely... That is about as hillbilly as you can get that close to Cleveland. In fact, that place was right next door to my home town and I remember having a buddy out there who would take me fishing to an honest to god fishing hole.

[Merusk]

Columbia Station? Hah.. that was right down the road from my hometown - North Ridgeville.

[01101010]

Columbia Station? Hah.. that was right down the road from my hometown - North Ridgeville.

Elyria 

[Sky]

Not that I'm a gamer, but I keep reading this as 'owlbear'....

[Merusk]

Columbia Station? Hah.. that was right down the road from my hometown - North Ridgeville.

Elyria 

That's frightening, neighbor.

Angry.Bob is from Lakewood, IIRC.  Someone else is from that part of the city as well.   Then there's all the other Ohioans..  Scary.

[Azuredream]

Columbia Station? Hah.. that was right down the road from my hometown - North Ridgeville.

Went to school in Olmsted Falls, we had a few kids from Columbia Station who went to school with us. What Mr Binary said is completely true.

[Hawkbit]

Closest we have folks is Wadsworth, my wife's college friend. 

[Soulflame]

I'm originally from Chardon.