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Man dies nearly two months after being beaten
DAYTON - Dayton homicide detectives are now working up murder charges against a man in jail for his involvement in the beating death of David Chancellor, police Sgt. Gary White said.
Chancellor, 59, died Friday, Jan. 15, nearly two months after suffering significant brain injuries he sustained during a beating in late November, police said.
Clarence Washington, 22, was arrested days after the beating and a grand jury indicted him on aggravated burglary, robbery and felony assault charges, according to court records. He is in jail on $100,000 bond.
Coroner’s reports and medical records must now be gathered by detectives and the case resubmitted to a grand jury, White said.
The alleged robbery/beating occurred on Basswood Avenue just north of downtown Dayton in an apartment building both Washington and Chancellor lived in, police said. Chancellor’s condition worsened shortly after the beating and he slipped into a coma, White said.
He never regained consciousness and was moved from Miami Valley Hospital to another medical care facility, where he died, White said.
That makes Chancellor the city’s 43rd homicide victim in 2009. You can check the status of all homicides since 2008 by clicking here.
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