TV Weatherman Brett Cummins Wakes In Hot Tub With Naked Dead Man (VIDEO)

Arkansas police are investigating the death of a man found naked in a hot tub next to a sleeping TV weatherman.

A friend woke meteorologist Brett Cummins, of Little Rock station KARK, on Labor Day. He found the forecaster snoring in the empty whirlpool next to a nude man with a dog collar around his neck, The Arkansas Democrat & Gazette reported.

The 36-year-old resident who made the grisly discovery, Christopher Barbour, allegedly told police that the victim, 24-year-old Dexter Williams, was blue in the face and lying near Cummins' shoulder, ArkansasNews.com reported.

Barbour says the two men were in his home the night before, drinking and snorting drugs. Police haven't determined the cause of death, but a detective allegedly found a ring of blood in the bottom of the empty tub, ArkansasNews.com said.

Police are waiting for autopsy results and don't consider Cummins a suspect, radio station KUAR said.

KARK announced on Tuesday that Cummins wouldn't be on the air because he's "mourning the loss of a friend."

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Comments

[Olestra66]

10:17 AM on 09/30/2011

i think he's hot.

[cbsnwdc1]

09:44 PM on 09/14/2011

Oh Brett, remind me never to party with you. Although I like to things to the limit, I do enjoy waking up the following day.

[mmvernes]

02:15 PM on 09/14/2011

gay guys do some weird kinky stuff........I don't even want to begin to imagine

[chiara0]

02:37 AM on 09/14/2011

Best headline ever?

[Kay Nicks]

11:36 PM on 09/13/2011

Hmmm, I guess the weather isn't the only thing that is somewhat unpredictable.....

[yoyodyne666]

11:01 PM on 09/10/2011

Rub a dud dub, three men in a tub, drinking and snorting cocaine.

[1WyseIvy]

10:28 PM on 09/09/2011

Boy, I tell ya, the news just gets more and more ominous what with all of the violent weather; horrific, depraved murders; married (or otherwise) heterosexuals killing each other as opposed to divorce; parents killing children; children killing parents; lawsuits paying millions to customers over spilling hot coffee on themselves; gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender (or otherwise) being incorporated (&, unfortunately, given the "stamp of approval") into military, news, church, children's television shows & commercials. NOTHING else should surprise anyone, anywhere. Foolishness, senselessness, & depravity gone awry. Ah, the days of respected privacy, humility, & humanity...

[Rick Ayers]

10:07 PM on 09/09/2011

First of all, it is always sad, to hear of the demise of anyone......drug-addict or not. Secondly, this is not gonna do much for the career of this weatherman, except make him the butt of a lot of jokes, on the late-night comedy shows. Thirdly, two guys in Arkansas, scoring drugs would not necessarily have the smarts to know, if they were being sold Rat poison, being passed-off as Cocaine, in the first-place.

[uvymopka]

11:16 AM on 09/09/2011

hummmmm....Brett, Brett, Brett....thinking with you dip-stick again.

[Brent Rossen]

06:11 AM on 09/09/2011

Look on the bright side... a job just opened up for an aspiring weatherman!

[Razorback Guy]

03:20 AM on 09/09/2011

I suspect when the investigation is finished, it will be an accidental death due to either 1) an overdose of drugs, or 2) the victim had taken drugs and was drinking while sitting in a hot tub. The temperature of the hot tub can be the catalyst that turns a good time into a fatal event. I remember in the mid '80s (when I lived in Little Rock) drinking while in a hot tub. I ended up much more inebriated than I would normally have been considering how few beers I had actually consumed. I feel sorry for the victim. I also feel sorry for the meterologist as his sexuality and drug use just became international news due to the tittilating nature of the story (three men in a tub, drugs and alcohol, a dog chain collar...quite a story). I also suspect his reputation is completely shot and the TV station will be giving him his walking papers no matter what actually happened. After all, he's in the Bible Belt of the USA.

[gourmand]

03:07 AM on 09/09/2011

So...my standard Tuesday. Next.

[mediocratic]

06:19 PM on 09/08/2011

if i had a nickel......

[HeartlandLiberal]

05:27 PM on 09/08/2011

Sometimes you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

[pageleft]

06:18 PM on 09/08/2011

Sometimes weathermen should just blow and leave the hinky stuff alone.

[pageleft]

05:11 PM on 09/08/2011

In the video the dog collar was described as a silver chain, in other words a choke chain. Now I'm really sorry I ever read that Palahniuk story. Perhaps it would be best if the parents didn't learn all the details.

[GayArkansan]

05:24 PM on 09/08/2011

People who new Dexter Williams claim that it was not a choke chain or dog collar, but rather an unusual necklace. See the Arkansas Times blog on this subject

[pageleft]

06:19 PM on 09/08/2011

Thanks, I'll check it out. Uh, I won't regret this too will I?