Ravenna man charged in 2 suspected drug deaths at Ohio Avenue home

A Ravenna man has been charged in the suspected overdose deaths of a man and woman at an Ohio Avenue home on Wednesday.

Skeels Street resident Julian Alexander Tyes, 35, is charged with two counts of first-degree felony involuntary manslaughter in Portage County Municipal Court in Ravenna in connection with the deaths of Landon Kiser and Cierra Wilmington, according to court records.

A warrant has been issued for Tyes' arrest.

Ravenna police Capt. Jason Smallfield said a man called 911 at a little after 9 a.m. Wednesday after a juvenile living in the home found Kiser, 42, and Wilmington, 36, were unresponsive and not breathing in the basement of the home at 339 Ohio Ave. and contacted the man. Smallfield said Wilmington lived in the home while Kiser had a Ravenna Avenue address.

Smallfield said it is believed that Kiser and Wilmington overdosed on a drug, based on drug paraphernalia and powder residue found at the scene, but it is unclear what the drug may have been until toxicology testing is completed. Tyes was identified as a suspect based on text messages between him and Wilmington, said Smallfield, and as of Friday afternoon, police were trying to locate him.

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Robert Waiin, chief investigator with the Portage County Coroner's Office, said Friday that the coroner's office and Ravenna police are investigating the deaths of Kiser and Wilmington,. However, further information is pending autopsy and toxicology results from the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office.

"It could take a couple of months to get final autopsy results back," said Wain. "Toxicology might be within the month."

Reporter Jeff Saunders can be reached at jsaunders@recordpub.com.

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