A 55-year-old man suspected of injecting a man with narcotics, resulting in the man's death, was behind bars Thursday.
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Cathedral City police said William Leonard of Palm Desert was arrested and booked Wednesday into the Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter for the death of a Cathedral City man the Riverside County Coroner's Bureau identified as 56-year-old Ricky Heath.
Leonard was being held on $25,000 bail, police said.
On Jan. 18, the Cathedral City Fire Department responded to a report of medical aid in the 34100 block of Linda Way at 11:15 p.m., police said. Paramedics attempted lifesaving measures to the unresponsive man but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A toxicology report revealed Heath died from acute methamphetamine intoxication.
After a monthslong investigation, examining and testing evidence recovered from the residence, detectives identified Leonard as the suspect.
Anyone with information about the crime was urged to contact Detective Ryan Schuelke at rschuelke@cathedralcity.gov.
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