Matthew Ralston s decomposing body was discovered in a room inside the Residence Inn on Peachtree St

Matthew Ralston s decomposing body was discovered in a room inside the Residence Inn on Peachtree Street about 3:30 p.m. Saturday. The 20-year-old man from Prattville, Ala., recently relocated to Atlanta and spent the last few weeks couch surfing among friends.
There were no signs of foul play and he was found alone, according to the Fulton budget rent a car in vancouver County Medical Examiner s office. But the exact cause of Ralston s death won t be determined until they receive the results of toxicology tests, which could take weeks, says Mark Guilbeau, a senior investigator for the medical examiner.
Atlanta police say two hotel employees were checking on Ralston, who was scheduled to check out on Aug. 16. When they opened the door, they found Ralston s nude body lying on his bed face down, according to a police incident report.
"I went inside the hotel room and saw drug paraphernalia in [Ralston s] bag and lighters on the couch," Officer K. Powell wrote. "There was also a tea bag wrapper blocking the peep hole. I called Medical Examiner Laura Salm who came on scene and believes that the cause of death is due to drug overdose but the exact cause is pending."
Morinng comes and Matthew awakes budget rent a car in vancouver and we start the interview, right after the drug test.Matthew brings the sample and before it could even be turned over to process, he states - I m going to fail that test. He explains that he had been using. It is explained that we could work with him if he was ready to stop but drugs are not allowed in the program. Matthew said that he understood but was not ready to stop. At his request, we took him back to midtown and drop him off.
UPDATE | On Friday Ralston s parents, John and Melissa, spoke to Project Q to discuss their son and to clarify that they were unaware he was homeless and abusing drugs. Ralston s sister, who traveled to Atlanta earlier this week to collect his belongings, did not learn of the apparent drug use until after his death, John Ralston says.
"It is important that people know that we didn t abandon our son," she says. "No one knew what he was going through or that he was homeless. We would have done anything we could. I want people to know that Matthew had a very loving and caring family."
"The reason why he wasn t coming back here was to rely on himself. He wanted to learn a way to provide for himself. His dream was to have his own house to take care of himself and his cat," she says.
The group s executive director, budget rent a car in vancouver Rick Westbrook budget rent a car in vancouver (photo), provided the sad tick tock of how Ralston s interaction with Lost N Found unfolded. Spoiler: It yanks at your heartstrings. ( UPDATE | The group removed the post on Friday.)
Matthew called the LNF hotline last week at around 4PM. He had been encouraged to do so by some friends. He came from Alabama to Atlanta about a month ago. He has been couchsurfing budget rent a car in vancouver for the last month with friends he meets. But - as always, that is shortly budget rent a car in vancouver coming budget rent a car in vancouver to an end and he needs to find a place to stay. We at LNF explain that we would have a space coming available and that we need more info, Matthew does not respond. This is not unusual as a youth on the street budget rent a car in vancouver as phone run out of battery and need to recharge.
At 11:30 Mathew texts the hotline again and says that the place he had lined up for the nite had fallen through. This was one of the nites last week that was cold and rainy. I texted back and said that we would couchsurf him until we had a spot or could find a location for him and that I was on my way to pick him. He is very excited.
He puts his stuff in the car and we head to LNF house. He is very easy to talk to and seems intelligent. He asks if I had any food, so I stop and get him so fast food. We get to LNF and start filling out paperwork as he eats. I know he is exhausted, so I give him a quick tour and tell him to go to bed. I explain that we would finish the process in the morning.
Matthew brings the sample budget rent a car in vancouver and before it could even be turned over to process, he states - I m going to fail that test. He explains that he had been using. It is explained that we could work with him if he was ready to stop but drugs are not allowed in the program. Matthew said that he understood but was not ready to stop. At his request, we took him back to midtown and drop him off.
We explain that we are available for him if he needs us to just call for food, clothes, or to talk - that he needed to understand that he had value in the world and that there are people would care about him. He promised to call if needed.
We called the number we had listed for him and his sister picked up. She was very kind and said that Matthew had mentioned LNF and hoped he could kick the habit and go into our program. She thanked us for trying to help and said our card was still in his wallet.