Mahoning coroner rules homicide in 2010 death of man in North Side group home

YOUNGSTOWN — About seven months after a man died at a North Side group home, the Mahoning County Coroner’s office is ruling it a homicide.

Michael J. Lambert, who lived at House of Hope, died from “manual strangulation and homicide” on Nov. 11, 2010, according to a June 3 coroner’s report.

House of Hope is a group home for the mentally impaired at 115 Illinois Ave.

Lambert, 59, was found dead in a bathtub. On Nov. 13, an autopsy was performed.

The autopsy report says another resident “made several incriminating statements that were highly suggestive that a struggle of some type had occurred.”

The police department investigated the incident when it occurred and is reviewing the case again, but haven’t made an arrest.

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