 'Storage Wars' Star Commits Suicide Days After Drug Arrest 
 
 'Storage Wars' Star Dies -- Mark Balelo Commits Suicide ... Days After Drug Arrest 
 
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 " starkilled himself today by carbon monoxide poisoning ... TMZ has learned.Multiple sources close to Balelo tell us he was found dead in his car ... which was parked and running in the garage at his auction house in Simi Valley, CA.According to our sources, Balelo had been arrested for a drug-related offense on Saturday.We're told when Balelo got out of jail he was distraught, and asked his fiancée to come over because he was afraid he might hurt himself.We're told they met at his office on Sunday, they talked for a few hours, he took a 4 hour nap -- and when he woke up seemed better.The fiancée left Balelo at the office Sunday evening.
– Mark Balelo, a businessman who starred in a handful of Storage Wars episodes, was found dead at his workplace yesterday, the Ventura County Star reports. Though officials have not yet given a cause of death, multiple sources including TMZ are reporting the 40-year-old committed suicide via carbon monoxide poisoning, and that he was found dead in his running car inside a garage at his California auction house. Balelo had been arrested Saturday on suspicion of methamphetamine possession, and was scheduled to appear in court next Tuesday. Sources say Balelo was upset when he was released from jail, and had his fiancée come over to make sure he didn't hurt himself. She left after a few hours, when he seemed better, on Sunday night; an employee found his body the next morning. Balelo's business bought the contents of storage lockers and liquidated them; he was featured on the show as a "deep-pocketed buyer," Huffington Post notes, and was best known for returning a stolen comic book worth $1 million to Nicolas Cage. Storage Wars is currently under scrutiny since a former cast member claimed the show is rigged.