Man’s death puzzles family

STAFF REPORT

YOUNGSTOWN — Marcus L. Drummond’s family can’t understand why someone would end his life.

“We don’t know anything, it’s a real mystery,” said ex-wife Michelle Drummond, 38, of Sharon. “He was a real people person. We don’t know who would do it.”

Drummond, 42, of 642 Manchester Ave., was found by a male friend around 3 p.m. Wednesday lying in a pool of blood on his kitchen floor. Capt. Kenneth Centorame, chief of detectives, said police found no forced entry to the West Side house, and nothing had been disturbed, leading them to believe that no struggle occurred.

No gun or shell casings were found in the house.

Centorame said Drummond’s death is being treated as a homicide after a preliminary examination by a medical examiner determined he had been shot in the back of the head. Police believe the victim had been dead for several hours.

Michelle Drummond said the male friend, an occasional roommate, spoke to her ex-husband around 4 p.m. Tuesday and they talked about meeting later to work out together; Marcus Drummond never showed up.

The roommate entered the house on Manchester with a key after seeing his friend’s car in the driveway when he should have been at work.

She said detectives believe the victim had been lying on the kitchen floor since Tuesday.

Marcus Drummond was retired from the Air Force and employed as a corrections officer at Trumbull Correctional Institution in Leavittsburg, where he served on the honor guard, his ex-wife said. She said he had been active in his motorcycle club.

Several family members were at the victim’s house Thursday evening, including his ex-wife and their son, Aaron, 18.