EDITORIAL: Treat Overdoses as Potential Crime Scenes

Published February 26, 2014

EDITORIAL: Treat overdoses as potential crime scenes
Drug abuse is a problem across the nation, and Northwest Indiana is certainly no exception. In 2013, there were 12 LaPorte County deaths related to heroin or heroin in comination with other substances, county Coroner John Sullivan said. "When nobody is …
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Another new tactic being used here – and increasingly across the country in heroin-ravaged communities in New Jersey, Indiana and Minnesota – is to investigate each overdose death, much like police do with homicides. Mainly … William Denihan, who …
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Jay-Von Avery, Kyle Lutes: West Palm Beach suspect arrested after Indiana …
The police report says Lutes had come to South Florida from Indiana to get treatment for a drug addiction. NewsChannel 5 reached out to the victim's family, but they declined comment at this time. Copyright 2014 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved.
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