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Overdose suspected in deaths of man, woman

Police called to Lafayette Apts.

Authorities say they suspect that a man and woman died of drug overdoses late Tuesday night at the Lafayette Apartments in Butler.

Butler police and emergency crews were called about 10:40 p.m. to the apartment complex at 302 S. Main St. for the report of two bodies found.

Police identified the deceased as Todd Terry, 59, and Donna Digiacomo, 49. Both were found in the same fourth-floor apartment where Terry lived.

Investigators said Digiacomo was from the Butler area but her relationship, if any, with Terry was not immediately clear.

A neighbor reportedly came home and saw the door to Terry's apartment open. The neighbor went to check and discovered the bodies.

Authorities said the bodies were found in the living room. Digiacomo was on the floor and Terry was lying over the arm of the chair, with his face down in the chair.

There was no trauma on either body and no evidence of foul play. Investigators reportedly found an empty stamp bag of a suspected unknown drug and a cut up straw.

Butler County Deputy Coroner Larry Barr pronounced that the two were dead around midnight. He said it appeared that they had been dead for several hours.

Autopsies were conducted Wednesday but results are pending toxicology tests, Barr said.

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