Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido says 34-year-old Noor Noel Kestou was bound over to circuit court for trial after a second Preliminary Exam on an involuntary manslaughter charge.
The hearing was in response to the March 27, 2026, order of Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Michael E. Servitto remanding the case back to the Clinton Township District Court.
The court ordered further proceedings requiring the prosecution to establish that Kestou’s storage of thousands of nitrous oxide and butane canisters presented a hazard that was the proximate cause of 19-year-old Turner Salter’s death and testimony addressing that issue was presented late last week
Last Thursday,, the preliminary exam for Kestou was held before Judge Sebastian Lucido of the 41B District Court in Clinton Township. At the conclusion of the Exam, Lucido bound Kestou over as charged on a count of Involuntary Manslaughter, a 15-year felony.
The charge against Kestou, of Commerce, stems from the death of Turner Salter of Clinton Township. It is alleged that on March 4, 2024, a building owned and operated by Kestou caught fire while storing thousands of nitrous oxide and butane canisters. The resulting fire triggered a massive explosion, propelling canisters into the air.
It is alleged that one nitrous oxide canister traveled approximately a quarter mile before striking Salter in the head, killing him.
Kestou will be arraigned on August 24.
The hearing was in response to the March 27, 2026, order of Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Michael E. Servitto remanding the case back to the Clinton Township District Court.
The court ordered further proceedings requiring the prosecution to establish that Kestou’s storage of thousands of nitrous oxide and butane canisters presented a hazard that was the proximate cause of 19-year-old Turner Salter’s death and testimony addressing that issue was presented late last week
Last Thursday,, the preliminary exam for Kestou was held before Judge Sebastian Lucido of the 41B District Court in Clinton Township. At the conclusion of the Exam, Lucido bound Kestou over as charged on a count of Involuntary Manslaughter, a 15-year felony.
The charge against Kestou, of Commerce, stems from the death of Turner Salter of Clinton Township. It is alleged that on March 4, 2024, a building owned and operated by Kestou caught fire while storing thousands of nitrous oxide and butane canisters. The resulting fire triggered a massive explosion, propelling canisters into the air.
It is alleged that one nitrous oxide canister traveled approximately a quarter mile before striking Salter in the head, killing him.
Kestou will be arraigned on August 24.
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