Police have launched a murder investigation after a man died six years after he was stabbed as a teenager, leaving him blind, paralysed and unable to speak.
Jamel Boyce suffered severe brain damage due to oxygen deprivation after he was attacked during a dispute in Clapham, south London, on 14 October 2016 when he was 17 years old.
He died in a care home in Streatham Hill, southeast London, on 13 February this year at the age of 22.
Police said a post-mortem examination gave a provisional cause of death as a “penetrating injury to the chest”.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police: “Police were called at 5.34am on Sunday 13 February following the death of a resident at a care home in Uffington Road, SE27.
“Officers attended and a 22-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. He was subsequently identified at Jamel Boyce.
“His family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers.
“A post-mortem examination held on 16 February gave a provisional cause of death as a penetrating injury to the chest.
“The death is believed to be related to an incident that occurred in Triangle Place, SW4, on 14 October 2016, when Jamel was aged 17.”
