Police: 2 People Died At Former Versace Mansion In Apparent Double Suicide

On Wednesday, two people were found dead in a South Florida hotel room at the former Versace Mansion, police announced. 

Miami Beach Police said in a tweet Thursday that a preliminary investigation into the deaths suggests they were a double suicide, but a medical examiner will have the final say on the causes of death. 

“At 1:21 p.m., MBPD responded to 1116 Ocean Drive after receiving a call from housekeeping advising of two deceased males,” Miami Beach police tweeted on Wednesday . The same day, authorities announced they’d opened an investigation. The names of the two victims have not been released.

The bodies were discovered just a day before the 24th anniversary of fashion designer Gianni Versace’s assassination. Versace’s former home has since been converted to a hotel now known as The Villa Casa Casuarina. 

On July 15, 1997, Versace was shot dead outside his Miami mansion by a serial killer who had previously committed a string of grisly murders across the United States.

In 2018, Versace’s murder was the subject of “American Crime Story,” a scripted franchise on FX that chronicles high-profile crimes. The series won an Emmy for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.

The Villa Casa Casuarina did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.