USA TODAY | Kelly Thomas beating: Judge may rule on Fullerton officers' trial Los Angeles Times The pathologist said Thomas ultimately died of brain death, acute bronchial pneumonia and blunt force facial injuries. As images of Thomas' battered and heavily bruised body resting on a coroner's slab were about to be shown, his father, Ron Thomas, ... 2 Calif. cops face trial over beating death of homeless man Judge Sends Kelly Thomas Murder Case to Trial |