Very sad

RIP J-Mac.

Condolences to his family friends and all at PAFC!

http://www.news.com.au/n...-fndo4cq1-1226470914423


Las Vegas Coroner Michael Murphy said the holidaying Port Adelaide midfielder plunged 30ft (9m) from a roof.
He said a family member had identified McCarthy's body this morning and police were continuing to interview teammates, and witnesses.
Mr Murphy said that no other person was involved in the tragedy, and that it didn't appear suspicious in nature.
He said the investigation could take weeks to establish the cause of death.

Unconfirmed reports of calls made by J-Mac to friends/family back home in a depressed state ... other players over in Vegas were called and were looking for him. So sad ...


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20 Essendon players heading over to Vegas have now cancelled their trip as a mark of respect. Well done boys.

Its looking more like it ...

I wont speculate anymore ... lets await official findings.

AFL player John McCarthy was trying to jump onto a palm tree from the roof of a Las Vegas hotel when he fell three storeys to his death, an official close to the football club has confirmed.

Paul Bailey, an off-duty Victorian police officer and chaperone for Western Bulldogs players also in Vegas, today detailed McCarthy's final hours to reporters at a press conference in Las Vegas.

Flanked by Port Adelaide manager Peter Rhode, Bailey said the evidence suggests McCarthy was leaping for the palm tree when he missed and fell 9m onto the footpath below.

McCarthy is believed to have left his teammates at the Wynn casino at 4.30am Sunday and walked nearly four kilometres to the Flamingo Hotel and Casino.

He then took a lift to the fourth floor and gained access to a restricted mezzanine rooftop area.

McCarthy is believed to have then climbed down a ladder to a lower mezzanine rooftop area where staff are known to take smoking breaks.

Mr Bailey said McCarthy walked to the edge.

"We know he was disoriented at the time through some phone calls he had with his girlfriend," Mr Bailey said.

"The evidence suggests he's jumped off the wall to a palm tree. He may have been disorientated at how far the fall was, he's slipped and he's fallen to the ground."

It is also believed CCTV footage, which has not been released, supports the view that McCarthy was jumping at the palm tree when he died.

Hotel staff told Fairfax they were unable to explain how McCarthy could gain access to the roof area, which was behind a door normally locked to casino patrons.

The area, perched nine metres above the footpath, has only a 20-centimetre retaining wall.

McCarthy's teammates were not aware the young player was missing until lunchtime on Sunday, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

The Clark County coroner has so far stated the circumstances of McCarthy's fall remain a mystery.

WTF? So basically he's dead because of a palm tree jump fail. Tragic and sorry to say pathetic end to a his life.

John DID NOT scale a building ... he went outside onto the roof (a secured area) of the casino ... maybe the door then locked and he was trapped up there ... he then did a dumb thing to try and get off and it cost him his life.

RIP J-Mac.

with all due respect here fellas, but not many idiots die of old age, people just cannot fly, not even drunk ones.

The week recounted from the PAFC view ...