Assaulted Kent Student Dies From Injuries
Published: November 22, 2009
Updated: November 23, 2009
KENT, Ohio—A student at Kent State University who was severely beaten last week has died at an Ohio hospital.
Kent police say 23-year-old Christopher Kernich of Fairborn died Saturday at Akron City Hospital. Police say three males in a car nearly drove into a group of students on Nov. 15 and began assaulting them.
Two other students were assaulted but Kernich was the only one seriously injured.
Police say 20-year-old Ronald Kelly and 21-year-old Adrian Barker have been charged with felonious assault, while a third suspect remains at large.
Kernich’s mother told the Daily Kent Stater newspaper that she was working in Iraq for a contractor that maintains the U.S. Embassy when she learned of her son’s injuries.
Kent Police Lt. John Altomare says detectives will meet with prosecutors on Monday and more charges are possible.
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So would I as a mother of a young woman who was attacked in a hate crime. And her life has been destroyed. We need stiffer punishment if it was. The man got away with her assult and if he was charged it was to be a slap on the hand. As a disabled woman I now have to try and take care of my daughter who is afraid of her own shadow and hides in her bedroom. And had a good job and was great at what she did. A photographer. Talented
The article doesn’t say but I wonder if this was some sort of hate crime? Just weird that they would nearly drive the car into a group of complete strangers and then start beating them?
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