John White was beaten on a downtown street last month, 10TV's Andy Hirsch reported.

White, 28, was a graduate student at Kent State University. He died Sunday after being hospitalized for several weeks, Hirsch reported.

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Police were not releasing details of the attack, but have arrested John Ragin, 21, for the assault, Hirsch reported.

Ragin could now face murder charges, Hirsch reported.

Police also charged a 21-year-old woman for not cooperating with investigators.

"A very valuable life was lost for no particular reason," said family friend Holly Tschakert. "Nothing was gained and, not only was his young life lost, we have two people whose lives are real, real messed up now because of poor choices."

White graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, joined the Marines after the Sept.11 attacks, Hirsch reported. He was an Iraqi war veteran and was working on his second master's degree at Kent State.

Tschakert said the White family is grieving a life cut short.

"Over the first couple weeks we kind of got on this roller coaster of, eventually he'll go to rehab, and he'll be okay and we'll work our way through whatever we have to work through," Tscharkert said.

Prosecutors were waiting on autopsy results before deciding whether or not murder charges should be filed, Hirsch reported.

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