Mother of homicide victim found dead in Youngstown

YOUNGSTOWN — The mother of a slain Austintown teen died Sunday morning in Youngstown.

Jackie Bacher, 46, was found by Youngstown police in her residence in the 2600 block of Roy Street in the city. Bacher is the biological mother of murder victim Gina Burger, 16, of Austintown who was found in June in a Grove City, Pa., landfill

Youngstown authorities were called to Roy Street about 7:30 a.m. Sunday by Ashley Stiles, 24, Bacher’s daughter and Gina’s sister. The report said she was “extremely upset.”

Bacher was face down on the floor and appeared to have slid forward off a couch, and “was clearly deceased,” the report noted.

Stiles told police that Bacher “appeared all [expletive] up” the night before, about midnight, and kept dropping a lit cigarette while sitting on the couch. No drugs were found at the home by authorities.

Toxicology tests are being run and should determine her cause of death in a matter of weeks, but the report noted: “Bacher does have a history of heroin use.”

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