TOLEDO DRUG INVESTIGATION
Latest killing may be tied to other deaths; violent streak across Toledo claims 9 victims in 9 days
The murder of a woman found shot in the head yesterday may be connected to the weekend double homicide of two men who met a similar fate and were linked to a federal probe into a multimillion-dollar cocaine ring, Toledo police said.
'It all comes back to Operation Tailgate, police Chief Mike Navarre said, referring to an investigation into a major Toledo drug ring that was broken up less than two weeks ago.
No one has been arrested or charged in the three slayings, the latest in a series of nine murders in nine days in Toledo.
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Latrel Brown, 25, 915 East Bancroft St., was ordered held on $1 million bond f
or two counts of murder in the shooting deaths Sept. 19 of Tammy Cappelletty, 30, and Juan Ybarra, 24, both of Toledo. They were found shot in the head in a car at Baker and Locust streets and died at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center.
Their murders were most likely a 'drug deal gone awry, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said yesterday during a news conference.
Chief Navarre, standing at his side, wouldn"t provide details, but said later that the deal involved a 'very substantial amount of drugs.
Police believe the Sept. 20 death of pedestrian Calvin Johnson, 23, in East Toledo also is drug-related, but do not think it is connected to the other slayings.
He died near Butler and Earl streets in front of the Weiler Homes after he was caught in a collision between a pickup and a sport utility vehicle.