Chad Wolfe, 31, disappeared at Tampa International Airport on Thursday night and was found dead in an airport elevator shaft the following morning. Picture: James Morgan
THE family of a US man whose body was found in an airport lift shaft believe the airport was negligent.
Chad Wolfe, 31, from Pennsylvania, flew with Delta Airlines from Pittsburgh to Tampa on Thursday, arriving shortly before midnight, wptv.com reports. He was travelling with his girlfriend of ten years, Jessica.
Investigators say Wolfe entered an elevator on the third floor of the main terminal at Tampa International Airport soon after midnight Friday and rode to the seventh floor and short-term parking garage. His carry-on bag was later found on the seventh floor.
Airport police say Wolfe pried the elevator doors open and fell to his death, but his father Garland has said he finds that hard to believe, given his son’s slight frame.
Wolfe’s girlfriend has said he had a drink and a Xanax in order to cope with flying. She claims she told him to wait on the main concourse while she claimed their baggage and reported him missing to police when she could not find him.
Around 3am, airport maintenance workers reported a lift adjacent to the one caught by Wolfe had stopped working.
Wolfe’s body was discovered by maintenance workers around 10am Friday.
The medical examiner has taken possession of Wolfe's body and is working to determine a cause of death.
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