Just more than a week after the death of popular country music singer/songwriter Todd Snider, police in Salt Lake City have provided an update that adds even more confusion to the singer’s final days.
That update?
Authorities said there is no evidence that Snider was assaulted outside of his hotel.
“At this time, we are unable to confirm that an assault occurred on the tour bus,” detectives wrote in their report, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. “It is likely that Todd may have fallen on the tour bus and struck his head, causing the injury.”
The Chronicle reported that the investigation began on Oct. 31 after Snider was found with “a bloody head wound.”
“Upon completive numerous interviews with witnesses — band members, tour manager, nephew, hotel employees — it was discovered that Todd Snider may have been under the influence of both drugs and alcohol on the night of the incident,” the report read per the Chronicle. “The video surveillance of Todd walking through the parking lot showed him staggering and swaying before entering the door of the tour bus.”
The Chronicle said Snider’s manager called police the next day and said the singer had suffered from “an attack from, a, behind … It was basically like a mugging.”
Then on Nov. 3 his team issued a statement announcing the Salt Lake City show had been cancelled and that Snider had been assaulted.
“We are heartbroken to announce the cancellation of the High, Lonesome and Then Some 2025 Tour dates,” the statement read. “Ahead of Todd Snider’s show in Salt Lake City, Todd sustained severe injuries as the victim of a violent assault outside of his hotel.
“Todd will be unable to perform for an undetermined amount of time,” the statement continued. “We deeply apologize for the cancellation and any inconvenience it causes. We appreciate your understanding as Todd receives needed medical treatment. We hope to have more information on new dates soon.”
That was not the end of the story, though, obviously. Following that announcement, Snider was taken into custody, and in the bodycam footage a representative from the hospital explains that he had already been treated at one of their sister hospitals.
“He was assaulted like last night,” the person told police. “He was just discharged from one of our sister hospitals about 12:30. He came today and I just straight up asked him, ‘What is it that you want us to do for you that they haven’t already done for you?’ And he said his whole body hurts, and then he said he just wanted a place to sleep overnight. And I said that we are not a place you can sleep overnight. If you need a place to sleep overnight, you’re going to have to find some place else. That is when everything escalated.”
The person from the hospital said that Snider was “being loud and obnoxious.” A security guard said that Snider said he wanted to “kick my ass.”
Video showed police reading an emotional Snider his rights.
“I just want to be treated,” he said. “I need to be in the hospital not in the jail. Please! I checked out and I tried to check back in.”
Police then told Snider that the hospital said he was looking for a bed, and he can’t stay there.
“I’m sick,” he pleaded. “Where can I stay?”
That is when police asked him if he was homeless.
“I’m not homeless,” Snider said. “I live in Nashville. I have a band. I’m famous.
“I’m not a bad person,” he added. “I promise. I promise you can check my record. I just need help.”
Police asked Snider, 59, where his pain was.
“It’s in my neck and my back, my arms and my legs and my stomach,” he said. “It’s everywhere. It’s excruciating.”
Things got quiet for a while, but Snider’s team returned to social media on Nov. 13 to ask fans to pray for him while revealing he was battling on Nov. 13.
The singer died a day later.
“Aimless Inc. Headquarters is heartbroken to share that our Founder, our Folk Hero, our Poet of the World, the Vice President of the Abrupt Change Dept., the Storyteller, our beloved Todd Daniel Snider has departed this world,” a post Saturday on his Instagram read.
The lengthy statement closed with, “We love you Todd, sail on old friend, we’ll see you again out there on the road somewhere down the line. You’ll always be a force of nature.”
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