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RE: Method: Jack was not a small person. It would take a large strong, person or people to “beat” him to death. Injuries on the perps? He would fight back.
OTOH surprise attack from the back, or he was attacked with an weapon.
I'm leaning towards a weapon, maybe a baseball bat or a heavy metal pipe.
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Officials determined several weeks ago that Wheeler was a homicide victim, but they did not disclose any other details. Authorities had said they would not release the cause of death until toxicology tests were completed. They still refused to disclose the results of those tests on Friday.
Hal Brown, deputy director of the medical examiner's office, said specific results of toxicology tests are not released in homicide cases, but that if the presence of drugs or alcohol was deemed relevant, that fact would be included in the cause of death.
Brown said blunt force trauma involves "nonpenetrating" injuries such as concussions, contusions, lacerations, broken bones and abrasions, which are distinguished from penetrating wounds inflicted by stabbing or shooting.
"It's the result of an external object impacting your body," he said, adding that the object could be a hand, a foot or a weapon.