Other neighbors told police they heard a woman’s screams and glass breaking, Smith said.Ī large pool of blood where police say Lewis’ head crashed onto the pavement remained Thursday in the driveway of the house that has for decades been the temporary home for actors and producers visiting Los Angeles to make movies. The only witnesses were the man who owned the house next door and a painter, who say they were attacked by Lewis before he fell to his death. No one saw what happened inside the house where Davis, the homeowner, was found beaten to death, Smith said. “That’s, of course, one of the things that our detectives are going to look into, whether he was using that or anything else.” “After ‘ bath salts,’ new drugs are coming out all the time and young people try new drugs all the time,” Smith said. It is expected to take at least a month before the report is done.

Toxicology findings from the autopsy conducted Thursday by the coroner will be crucial to determining if the actor was under the influence of drugs, Smith added.

Police suspect drugs were involved, but “we don’t have any hard evidence that says he was on anything right now,” LAPD Commander Andrew Smith said.

It could be weeks before police understand the cause of what they say was a violent rampage by Lewis, 28, that led to the death of Katherine Davis, 81.ĭavis died from “blunt head trauma and strangulation,” according to preliminary findings from the autopsy conducted Thursday, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office said. Investigators believe “Sons of Anarchy” actor Johnny Lewis brutally killed his elderly landlord Wednesday before falling to his death as he tried to escape police whose sirens he heard approaching.

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