Updated 6 p.m. Thursday: A man was found dead at the Grand Aleutian Hotel last week, possibly after drinking antifreeze.

Police found 49-year-old Paul Garcia in his room last Monday, more than a week after he’d been scheduled to check out. Chief Jamie Sunderland says the room was bolted shut from the inside.

"There was obvious signs that he’d been deceased for some time," Sunderland says. 

Garcia had just finished a stint aboard a local fishing boat before checking into the hotel for one night in mid-November. He wound up staying for 10 days with the do-not-disturb sign on his door.

When someone does not check out on time, hotel general manager Laurie Smith says their policy is to contact the guest to confirm they want to extend their stay and charge them for any extra nights. But she says it's not uncommon to have trouble getting in touch with a guest -- some work long hours, or spend days at the airport.

During Garcia's stay, she says staff continued charging him and "continually tried to contact him in his room" by calling and knocking, but were unable to speak with him. 

Once, she says, Garcia told a housekeeper through the door that he didn't need his room cleaned. He also ordered room service on Nov. 19, Smith says. He answered the door and signed for the order, charging it to his room.

That was the last time hotel staff were able to contact Garcia. After days' more calling and knocking on the door, they finally called police to the room on Nov. 24.

Jamie Sunderland says there were no signs of foul play inside. But he says one thing did stand out:

"Probably the most curious thing we found there in the room was a bottle of antifreeze sitting next to a couple of empty glasses, and a certain amount of the antifreeze was missing," Sunderland says. "So it’s possible that he had consumed some, but autopsy will have to determine that."

Garcia’s body was flown to the state medical examiner’s office in Anchorage last week. Sunderland says they’ll wait for autopsy results before declaring what caused the death, but he says they do not believe it was a homicide.

Garcia’s last address was in Seattle. Sunderland says his family has been contacted. And Smith, the hotel manager, says they've canceled Garcia's room charges from after Nov. 19.

CLARIFICATION: This story was updated on Dec. 4 with information, underlined above, about hotel policies and staff's interactions with Garcia. 

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Garcia had most recently worked aboard a retired Westward Fishing Co. boat, the F/V Alaskan Command, due to inaccurate information provided to KUCB. Garcia worked aboard the Command more than a year ago, according to Westward president Marcus Alden.