Lawson’s friends said he borrowed $200 to buy heroin on Feb. 1 and they haven’t seen him since.
Police searched several vacant residences in the city, and while checking a home on Clark Street, they found two men living there. The men told police they had lived in the home for a few days after they were released from the City Jail.
The men said they didn’t know Lawson, but police found a pill bottle with Lawson’s name on it in one of home’s rooms.
The two men — Jerimiah Lucas and Jason Whisman — have been charged with breaking and entering.
When police searched Lucas’ backpack they found three more pill bottles with Lawson’s name on them.
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