Drug overdoses suspected in brothers' deaths

From the Livonia Observer:

Two Livonia brothers in their early 20s died Wednesday, in separate incidents, of what police say were apparent drug overdoses. Their names were being withheld on Thursday.

The first death occurred in Livonia at a house on Henry Ruff south of Five Mile. A 23-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene, said Lt. Greg Winn of the Livonia Police Department. A friend had called 911 about 7:30 a.m. after finding the man unresponsive, police said.

In the second incident, about 12 hours later, emergency personnel were called to a house on Brookline in Plymouth Township after a man found a 21-year-old friend unresponsive in a bathroom, said police Chief Thomas Tiderington. An ambulance crew tried to resuscitate the man, and he was transported to St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Tiderington said there was drug paraphernalia in the bathroom and the man appeared to have suffered “some type of narcotics overdose.” He said he did not know what drug may have been used.

Likewise, the earlier death is a suspected drug overdose, Winn said. “We don’t have anything else we’re really looking at,” he said.

Winn said the second victim was at the house on Henry Ruff when the first incident was reported, but was not the person who called 911.

Detectives in both communities were continuing their investigation on Thursday. Complete autopsy results, including toxicology reports, could take several weeks, Tiderington and Winn said.