Police investigating suspicious death

Willoughby police are investigating the suspicious death of a 59-year-old man whose body was found in his home July 9.

According to police, officers responded to a welfare check for Sam Pizzuto in the 37000 block of Arlington Drive.

When officers arrived, they found the home locked and when checking the first floor windows, they found what appeared to be Pizzuto lying dead in a bedroom.

Preliminary investigation indicated that a struggle occurred inside the bedroom that resulted in Pizzuto’s death.

Detectives and representatives from the Lake County Coroner’s Office were called in to investigate. The Willoughby Police Department also requested the assistance of Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation special agents to process the scene.

Pizzuto was transported to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy. A preliminary investigation found that he died from blunt

force trauma to the head.

No arrests have been made in connection with the death. A motive for the death is also unclear at this time.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Willoughby detectives Knack and Krejsa at 440-953-4210; reference 18-19483.