CHICAGO — A 40-year-old man who died in Pilsen in June had been beaten to death, an autopsy revealed Tuesday.
On May 30, Javier Martinez was in the 1500 block of West 18th Street when he became involved in a fight, said Officer Ana Pacheco, a Chicago Police spokeswoman. Martinez was taken to University of Illinois Hospital.
Martinez was pronounced dead at 4:23 p.m. June 5, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
On Tuesday, the Medical Examiner's Office said an autopsy showed Martinez died of a hemorrhage from a ruptured aneurysm, blunt force injuries to his head due to an assault and ethanol and cocaine intoxication. His death was a homicide.
No one was in custody, Pacheco said.
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