Stanley Wright, missing Brooklyn jazz musician, found dead

[Hardbopjazz]

Stanley Wright, missing Brooklyn jazz musician, found dead, stuffed in storage trunk in his basement

BY Jake Pearson and John Lauinger

DAILY NEWS WRITERS

Originally Published:Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 12:19 PM

Updated: Tuesday, May 10th 2011, 1:35 PM

Todd Maisel/NewsCops checked Stanley Wright's home on Chauncey St. in Brownsville about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday and found his body. Related NewsBlack History Month events around NYChill out: 206 cool things to do when summer heats up in NYCLocal businesses show flower powerCommunity Board vs. hipsters in W'burgGerard Smith, bassist for TV on the Radio, dies at 36New York Today: Free and Cheap Events, April 16 2011

A Brooklyn jazz musician who had been missing since last week was found dead Tuesday inside of a storage chest, police and relatives said.

Stanley Wright, 62, had been missing since Thursday. His family reported his disappearance to police early Tuesday. Cops checked his home on Chauncey St. in Brownsville about 3:30 a.m. and found his body.

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[clifford_thornton]

ugh.

[JSngry]

I'm told that Shadow Wilson was found in a trash can in an alley.

Maybe it's a really slow serial killer at work?

[Big Beat Steve]

Somehow I can't find that all that funny ...

[JSngry]

Wasn't supposed to be.

[Teasing the Korean]

Did anyone think this sentence was odd?

"Police stopped short of classifying Wright's death as a homicide."

I suppose he could have:

1) crawled into the trunk for fun and died while he happened to be there;

2) committed suicide by locking himself into the trunk;

3) been found dead by a friend, who thoughtfully packed him into the trunk for safe keeping until the authorities arrived.

I understand the police need to be cautious, but jeez...

[JSngry]

Maybe there was postage due?

(and no, that's not supposed to be "funny" either)