Tuesday, April 20, 2010

No Charges in Jewel Case

The Fulton County District Attorney dropped voluntary manslaughter charges against the strip club manager who was fighting with Kandi Burris' ex-fiance when he hit his head and died. 
A second autopsy agreed with the first that AJ Jewels' death was caused by an aggravated sickle cell condition and not the direct actions of Frederick Richardson.

The DA's office released this statement
"Following the initial announcement from the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office that Mr. Jewell’s death resulted from a sickle cell crisis, the family of the deceased expressed grave concern regarding the accuracy of the autopsy findings. For that reason, our office enlisted the service of two additional medical experts who specialize in the area of sickle cell diagnosis and treatment."

"The medical experts concurred with the initial autopsy findings that Ashley Jewell died as a result of a sickle cell crisis."

Fred and AJ were fighting outside the Body Tap strip club in Atlanta when AJ was either knocked or fell and hit his head on the concrete. He was driven to the hospital where he later died [click here if you missed that].