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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (CBS4/KUSA) - A Colorado man who was missing for five days was found dead in the bathroom of a movie theater.
George DeGrazio, 66, disappeared on January 9. His SUV was found three days later in the parking lot of the Cinemark movie theater on Timberline Road in Fort Collins.
After two days of searching the area, he was finally discovered in a locked stall in the movie theater's restroom. The coroner's office says a theater employee had to break open the lock to get inside, where DeGrazio was found slumped on the floor.
The coroner says DeGrazio had a heart attack but it is a mystery why his body wasn't found sooner.
Family searches for answers
"I still get these images of what it was like, sitting in that restroom - just nobody around, nobody had any idea," said DeGrazio's son Dylan. "Those are the images that stick with me, those are the things that I have a hard time with."
Dylan says his father had struggled with health issues for years.
"He had severe coronary artery disease. George was not going to survive that heart attack."
Still, DeGrazio's son says no excuse can make up for what happened.
"Like, come on! You just had a human being pass in your facility, in your business establishment. And you can't even stretch your hand out to apologize to the family affected by it? That's poor ethics," Dylan DeGrazio said.
He says his father was a retired art teacher who had taught at the elementary, high school and college levels. He wants his father to be remembered not for the circumstances surrounding his death, but for his accomplishments in life.
Late Monday afternoon, Cinemark released a statement to our sister station KUSA 9NEWS:
"Cinemark is working closely with the Fort Collins Police and Loveland Missing Persons Department on this case. As the case is ongoing, we are not able to discuss the details of the investigation at this time. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the DeGrazio family during this difficult period as they mourn the loss of a loved family member."
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