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Last week 31 one year old Anwar Vernon was pulled out of a drain on Raccoon Street Extension. He was found battered, bleeding and unconscious.  Because of that investigators were having trouble developing leads because he was unresponsive and no witnesses came forward. Well the news tonight is that Vernon never woke up. Police report that he passed away yesterday as a result of his injuries. Now while the post mortem examination is yet to be concluded ACP Chester Williams told us today that they are investigating it as murder. 

ACP Chester Williams - OC, Eastern Division South
"Mr. Anwar Vernon succumbed yesterday to his injuries he had received and at this time we ourselves are still trying to find out what actually happened and we awaiting the post mortem examination so that the doctor can tell us basically what type of injuries he sustained and based on that we will be able to determine whether or not it’s a murder or if he just fell in the drain which is an accident; whatever the case be at this time we cannot say if it is a murder or what so we await the post mortem examination and based on that then we will decide where to go. But in the time being we are treating it as murder investigation because in law we normally start with the highest then we go down, so we treat it as a murder investigation for now."

Anwar Vernon was pronounced dead at 2:15 yesterday afternoon.