Lima man pleads guilty to lesser charges in death of his wife

LIMA — A Lima man charged with involuntary manslaughter in the drug-related death of his wife earlier this year will spend no more than four years in prison and could escape jail altogether.

David E. Lewis, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday morning in Allen County Common Pleas Court to reduced charges of reckless homicide, a third-degree felony, and aggravated possession of drugs (fentanyl), a felony of the fifth-degree, in the Feb. 10 death of his wife, Cynthia L. Lewis.

Lewis and Daniel Kill, 42, the brother of the deceased woman, were each indicted in August by a grand jury on charges of involuntary manslaughter and corrupting another with drugs by providing a controlled substance, fentanyl, and therefore causing “serious physical harm to Cynthia Lewis.”