BOSTON, Aug. 6, 2017—The man who allegedly beat 50-year-old John Duggie two years ago, causing injuries that claimed his life, has been indicted for murder, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley  said.

After almost two years of investigation by Suffolk prosecutors and Boston Police homicide detectives, the Suffolk County Grand Jury on Friday returned an indictment charging HAMEEN EDWARDS (D.O.B. 2/29/76) with second-degree murder. Boston Police later arrested Edwards on a warrant stemming from the indictment.

Evidence developed in the course of the investigation suggests that Edwards physically assaulted Duggie on the afternoon of July 2, 2015, when both men were patients at Arbour Hospital in Jamaica Plain. Staff entered their room to find Duggie on the floor, suffering from a serious head injury; Edwards was later found to have a fracture to his right hand.

Duggie survived his injury for about a month until he was taken off of life support. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner last week ruled his Aug. 2, 2015, death to be the result of complications from blunt force injuries to his head.

Edwards is expected to face arraignment Monday in Suffolk Superior Court.

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