This past summer, Javier Martinez was brought to the University of Illinois Hospital, where he died. More than four months later, an autopsy has determined the 40-year-old was beaten, and those injuries contributed to his death.
Martinez died at 4:23 p.m. June 5 at the University of Illinois Hospital after he was assaulted in the 1500 block of West 18th Street in Pilsen, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The autopsy did not immediately rule on cause and manner of death, but the medical examiner’s office has since determined he died of acute subarachnoid (brain) hemorrhage due to a ruptured cerebral artery aneurysm.
Blunt force injuries to the head from an assault, along with ethanol and cocaine intoxication were listed as contributing factors, according to the medical examiner’s office. Martinez’ death was ruled a homicide.
Chicago Police were called to the hospital for a death investigation, but at the time, there was no information about what happened leading to Martinez’s death, police said.