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DNA Match Prompts Arrest In 2005 Beating Death
Published On: Oct 14 2011 02:30:18 PM EDT Updated On: Jul 20 2006 12:20:44 PM EDTPolice have made an arrest in the fatal beating of a 73-year-old man in his home more than a year ago.
James Reese Thomas, 41, was charged Thursday in the beating of Christopher Brewington in a home on Ribault Scenic Drive on Feb. 22, 2005. Brewington was hospitalized and died two weeks after the beating.
Homicide investigators said the motive for the attack is still unclear, but the two men were acquainted. Officials said the arrest was made as a result of a DNA match of blood on a hatchet found in the home.
The family said they had been praying for an arrest, and knowing that someone will face justice in the death means a lot.
"(Brewington) was one of my favorite uncles ... someone that was a mentor and meant a lot to me," Micah Hunter said.
As he was arrested, Thomas denied killing Brewington.
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