Coroner: Georgia jail death ruled homicide by blunt force
Source: Associated Press
Coroner: Georgia jail death ruled homicide by blunt force
By RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press | June 4, 2015 | Updated: June 4, 2015 4:45pm
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A 22-year-old college student found dead in restraints at a Georgia county jail died from several blunt-force injuries to his head and upper body, the coroner who ruled the death a homicide said Thursday.
Investigators for months have refused to say how Matthew Ajibade died, citing an open criminal inquiry. His body was found on New Year's Day strapped in a restraining chair inside an isolation cell at the Chatham County jail.
Chatham County Sheriff Al St. Lawrence last month fired nine deputies in connection with the death, and District Attorney Meg Heap has said she plans to seek an indictment from a grand jury.
Attorneys for Ajibade's parents in Hyattsville, Maryland, said they learned Thursday that his death had been ruled a homicide caused by blunt-force trauma from information on the death certificate. The attorneys shared a copy with The Associated Press.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Coroner-Georgia-jail-death-ruled-homicide-by-6307522.php
[center]
[/center]
= new reply since forum marked as read
