Canton Ohio Home Invasion Ends in Murder, One of Four Men Sentenced for Manslaughter
Jake Young was not involved in anything. He was not part of a dispute. He was a 41-year-old Canton native who loved movies, stand-up comedy, and had recently picked up glassblowing as a hobby.
That did not matter to the four men who planned to rob him.
On September 2, 2025, Canton police responded to a welfare check at his home on St. Elmo Avenue NE. A neighbor had looked through a window and seen a man on the floor. When officers arrived, they found Jake Young dead from a gunshot wound. His back door had been kicked in.
The Man Behind the Case
Jake Young grew up in Canton. He graduated from Canton South High School in 2002, then from Bowling Green State University in 2007…