Authorities are continuing to investigate a case involving a Meadville man who was found dead last week in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County.
According to State Police, an unidentified person was passing by a vehicle on Young Road just before 4:30pm on Thursday (November 3rd) when he found 40-year-old Joseph Detello of Meadville unresponsive near the vehicle.
Police say that the man then called 911 and administered CPR with two others until first responders arrived.
Officials say that an autopsy was conducted on Friday and authorities are ruling Detello’s cause of death as a homicide.
Anyone with information regarding this case are asked to call the Criminal Investigations Unit of the State Police at 724-598-2211.
