Austin Escorts: Homicide at troubled Budget Lodge Inn
Motel almost closed in 2009 after complaints
Updated: Thursday, 01 Jul 2010, 5:08 PM CDTPublished : Wednesday, 30 Jun 2010, 4:30 PM CDT
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin police are investigating the stabbing death of a man who was attacked Wednesday at the Budget Lodge Inn on I-35 and 51st Street .
The victim was rushed to University Medical Center Brackenridge after the stabbing, where he died a short time later. Crime tape Wednesday afternoon cornered off a section of the motel’s back parking lot near the third-floor room where police found the victim.
Notorious for drugs and prostitution, the motel came close to being shut down last year. The crime, combined with numerous code violations, piled up, but owner Larry Hill has said the motel was not the problem and instead part of the solution.
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