First on 7: Mysterious Deaths Investigation
posted 3:46 pm Fri October 12, 2007 - Washington
One D.C. leader is calling for quick action in the investigation into the deaths of two men within days of one another in the same D.C. apartment. It's a story you saw first on ABC 7/NewsChannel 8. Twenty-six-year-old self-proclaimed party boy Jordan Conklin died September 16. Four days later, Dean Johnson, a fixture on New York City's punk, porn, and prostitution scene, also died in apartment 227 of the Envoy.
"We've got to get to the bottom of this quickly, because you don't have two people drop dead in the same room within days of each other and not have some very serious suspicions," said Ward One Council member Jim Graham.
Those suspicions are apparently swirling around Steven Seleh, the man who hosted Conklin and Johnson in the hours before their deaths. Seleh suffers from an undisclosed debilitating illness and takes numerous medications. Police say they confiscated an array of pills from his apartment.
Seleh's attorney says his client is not responsible, and suggests Conklin and Johnson might have caused their own deaths.
{There's} "the possibility that these two men may have taken medication, the possibility that these two men may have done that," said Paul Kiyonaga. " Mr. Seleh has provided police with all the information that he has to help them with their investigation."
Investigators are awaiting toxicology reports in both cases, and the Medical Examiner cannot rule on a cause of death until then. The Medical Examiner says it could be months before the toxicology reports are done.
Latest Comment on First on 7: Mysterious Deaths Investigation
SpareMe
11:52 am on 10/16/07
Coucilmen Graham..stay away from Apartment 227. Although they may be your type..danger lurks ahead.
Twenty-six-year-old self-proclaimed party boy...that has pictures with Lindsay "drugie" Lohan and someone well know in the NYC punk, porn, and prostitution scene...they were doing big time drugs and most likely mixing things.
For that dudes lawyer to say off the break that "maybe they took some of his meds" is a major clue!!
the DC medical examiner only does a rush job when it is one of its own OR when it is a case that will floor someone high up on the food chain.
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