PORT ANGELES — A 48-year-old Marysville man found beaten outside an east Port Angeles bar earlier this month has died.
Prosecutors are now awaiting autopsy results to see whether they’ll raise charges from assault on his alleged assailant from Sequim.
Donald G. Knechtel died at Harborview Medical Center on Saturday, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed Monday.
Knechtel, who was found unconscious by authorities June 1, was taken to Olympic Medical Center and airlifted to Harborview after the apparent beating outside the Front Street Alibi bar, 1605 E. Front St.
He was found in the parking lot with a severe head injury, police said.
Police arrested Casey J. Balch, 21, of Sequim shortly after 11 p.m. on June 1 and booked him into the Clallam County jail for investigation of assault.
No new charges had been added as of Monday afternoon, said Clallam County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney John Troberg, who is awaiting autopsy results.
