ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A man is behind bars, arrested in connection to a deadly beating that happened more than a year ago in Orange County.
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Sheriff’s investigators have charged Lionel Wilkerson, 68, with second-degree murder.
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They said they linked him to a beating that happened on May 20, 2022, in an empty lot off 25th Street in Orlando.
On that day, investigators responded to Orlando Regional Medical Center after a man was admitted with severe injuries.
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They said Omar Toro, 40, told rescuers that someone beat him up.
Less than three months later, Toro died from his injuries.
This is the victim, 40-year-old Omar Toro, who suffered a beating on May 20 and died from his injuries on August 6. pic.twitter.com/3HwNYugzXK
— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) August 11, 2022
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office previously released surveillance video that investigators said captured a man walking after he beat Toro.
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