article_snippet.sent: Tong was found in the trunk, where body had been for about three weeks, and next to Tong was a 15-pound barbell.
article_snippet.sent: An autopsy showed Tong died of  asphyxiation and blunt force trauma.
article_snippet.sent: A towel from the hotel had been wrapped around Tong head, according to police records.
article_snippet.sent: Tong died of blunt force trauma and asphyxiation.
article_snippet.sent: body was wrapped in a towel, and next to body was a 15-pound barbell, police say .
article_snippet.sent: A search of their hotel room found 'splatters and drips of various dried liquids throughout their hotel room and behind the headboards of the beds,' police records said, concluding that 'police records is possible Tong death may have occurred in the hotel room'.