Josh Donatelli, a 26-year-old from Youngstown, Ohio, was killed on October 25, 2018, during a robbery at his home on Imperial Street that occurred in the course of what investigators believed was a drug transaction. Lavontae Knight, 28 and also from Youngstown, was charged with Donatelli’s murder; a grand jury indicted Knight on counts including aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and weapons offenses. Knight later pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Donatelli’s death and received an eight-year prison term to run concurrently with another sentence.

George Gutierres was charged in connection with the case; according to the record he brought Donatelli to the drug deal and pleaded to attempted cocaine possession, receiving a six-year sentence and agreeing to testify as part of a plea agreement. The case record also notes a motion seeking removal of an assistant prosecutor for alleged failure to provide evidence, and that the prosecutor later resigned and took a prosecutor position in another county.

Are there details about the October 25 transaction or the Imperial Street location that anyone can add?