Charges dropped against 3 men accused of beating homeless man after victim dies

By Aisling Swift contact

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

A Collier County prosecutor Wednesday dropped charges against three homeless men accused of kicking and stomping on another homeless man, who also was beaten with a stick, shovel and machetes and urinated on before being ordered to his grave.

Assistant State Attorney Dave Scuderi told Circuit Judge Elizabeth Krier he was dismissing aggravated assault charges against Sergio Eldezma, 52; Eldias Escalante, 60, and Gerardo Ernesto Ayala Pineda, 35, because the victim, 39-year-old Eddie Malachowski of Naples, was found dead this month.

“The victim died?â€