Robert Thompson was a friendly, outgoing neighbor, a man of God, and a hard worker, those close to him said.
CHESTER, Pennsylvania --
"Robert was loved. He would always meet us in the morning as we were coming in, he would always tell us to have a good day, to be careful," says Captain Ellen Morgan with Chester police. Thompson was a friendly, outgoing neighbor, a man of God, and a hard worker, those close to him said.Thompson was on his way to Life in Christ Ministries on July 16 when he was badly beaten, suffering severe brain trauma. Police call it a "random act of violence."
"Here at the police department, he is missed," said Morgan. "He would greet us here in the morning when we would come in."One week after the beating, 38-year-old Blair Lavohn Jones turned himself in and was charged with the assault."Upon the medical examiner's findings, the charges will be upgraded by the district attorney's office," said Morgan.
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