MELBOURNE, Fla. – A Melbourne man was arrested Friday on manslaughter charges following a four-month investigation into his girlfriend’s death.Melbourne police detectives obtained an arrested warrant for Edward Slatter, 44, on Friday after determining he strangled Sarah Mansfield to death on March 4, according to the warrant.Police and medical crews responded to a home on Juanita Circle in Melbourne on March 4 after Slatter asked neighbors to call 911 when Mansfield became unresponsive.
She was pronounced dead at the home, police said.At the time of her death, emergency medical services believed they were responding to an overdose, the report shows.