Eric Salata: Doctor accused of raping women after giving them laughing gas found dead in apparent suicide

Eric Salata: Doctor accused of raping women after giving them laughing gas found dead in apparent suicide
Eric Andrew Salata was found dead in a ditch with an apparent gunshot wound to the head (Naples Police Department)

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NAPLES, FLORIDA: The doctor who was accused last week of raping sedated patients in his practice at a medical spa has reportedly been found dead in a ditch.

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A Collier County Sheriff’s deputy was dispatched to Gail Boulevard in Naples to conduct a welfare check on Eric Andrew Salata, 54, at 6.17 pm Monday, November 28. Salata grabbed headlines last week after being accused of giving his patients tequila and laughing gas before raping them. The responding deputy noted in his report that he contacted an unidentified individual who told him Salata left behind two notes, his wedding ring, and his credit cards at his home. The contents of the notes, however, were redacted from the report.