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A cause-of-death report shows that 49-year-old Thomas Quinones Contreras, who died nine days after he was beaten with a stick in January, died of natural causes.

Waco police had not filed charges in Contreras’ death as they were waiting for autopsy results to determine if he died of wounds sustained during a Jan. 19 altercation with another man.

Contreras’ son, Thomas Contreras Jr., previously questioned whether his father’s death should be treated as a crime.

The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office report summary filed this week shows Contreras Sr. died of complications of chronic alcoholism, “including ruptured esophageal varix.” It does not mention damage from the beating.

“That night, they told us that his liver was shutting down. My dad drank all my life, so I’m not surprised,” Contreras Jr. said. “It is what it is.

“I had my resolution the day he died. I have no ill will towards anybody,” he continued. “I don’t expect any answers, and I can’t beat myself up wanting to know why, how or where because I’ll never know any of that. And I accepted it a long time ago.”