Boardman police are investigating the deaths of a woman and a man in suspected drug related deaths in late November.
      Dead are Melissa Manley, 41; and Charles Butler, 49.
      On Sun., Nov. 26 at 12:23 a.m. police were sent to 833 Trailwood Dr. on a call of a female who was not breathing and was unresponsive in a bedroom of the home.
      A man identified as Daniel Owens met police at the front door and said a female whom he identified as Melissa Manley was in a bedroom of the home, showing no signs of life. Sgt. Glenn Patton and Ptl. Ryan Jones located Manley, 41, and emergency EMS crews began life-saving measures to no avail.
      Owens told police that Manley, who had a long history of drug abuse, was his father’s on-again and off-again girlfriend and said Manley recently had open heart and lung surgery, afterwhich she was staying at the Trailwood Dr. home.
      Ptl. Tom Zorzi found a burned spoon, a syringe and a cigarette pack that contained a bundle with a white substance next to the bed where Manley was found. At 1:09 a.m., Manley was pronounced dead.
      On Wed., Nov. 29, police went to the Town and Country Motel, 5235 Market St, at 9:41 a.m., A woman identified Paulette Orr, 54, of 69 East Lucius, Youngstown, Oh., told police she had rented a room “for the past few days” and on Nov. 28, she and Charles Butler, 49, of 443 Falls Ave., Youngstown, Oh., arrived at the motel around 8:30 a.m.
      Orr told Ptl. Mike Salser that Butler “started snorting some white powder” and by 2:00 p.m. he became unsteady on his feet. Orr said Butler then laid on the floor and went to sleep, while she sat on a bed and “continued to drink beer and play video games on her phone” until she passed-out at 2:00 a.m.
      Orr said when she awakened, she found Butler dead and called 9-1-1.
      Det. Richard Kridler said that Butler was found nude and face down on the floor, and on a nearby table was a cellophane baggie containing an unknown white powder, another baggie containing suspected marihuana, and a bottle that contained an unknown thick, red liquid. A label on the bottle said it contained 120 mg of methadone liquid.