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A young man who left his impoverished homeland to build a better life in London was found dead in his bed the day after being attacked on a busy high street.
Edgaras Kondrotas, 28, left Lithuania for the capital eight years ago and had recently told his family he was planning to marry his long-term girlfriend and start a family.
He was found dead at his home in Forest Gate on Tuesday afternoon.
Detectives believe he died from injuries sustained when he was beaten by a group of up to six men in Leyton High Road the previous evening.
Eli Norvilas, 24, a cousin who grew up with Mr Kondrotas in Klaipeda on the Baltic coast before moving to the USA, said his close-knit family were desperate for answers.
He told the Standard: “We just want to know what happened. Without that all we can do is fantasise and be driven crazy.”
He said: “Ergaras came to London because he wanted to make a better life for himself.
“He told family back home he wanted to start a family. From what I heard he wanted to marry his girlfriend and have kids. His life was stopped way too early.”
He said he had last seen Mr Kondrotas six years ago on his 18th birthday, when the family all flew back to eastern Europe.
He said: “It’s just sad, especially the past couple of years I didn’t stay in touch with him as much as I’d like to.
“We were living our own lives, through Facebook he looked happy in his photographs. I wish I’d not taken it for granted.”
Police believe Mr Kondrotas was assaulted at 11.30pm on Monday and travelled home by public transport back to a house in Forest Gate, around a mile away.
A post mortem gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the abdomen.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder and were today being questioned by police.
Detective Inspector John Marriott, who is leading the investigation into Edgaras' death, said: "I am appealing for any witnesses who may have seen a group of men who were involved in a disturbance in Leyton High Road, at about11.30pm on Monday, January 11.
"I believe that Edgaras was assaulted during this altercation and then travelled back to an address in Sebert Road, where he was found dead.
"If you saw the incident in Leyton High Road or have information about what sparked the altercation, or know who may have been part of that group of six men then please call the incident room."
**** any information is asked to contact the Incident Room on 020 83453985, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.****
Pic:edgaras kondrotas who murderd in east London
A young man who left his impoverished homeland to build a better life in London was found dead in his bed the day after being attacked on a busy high street.
Edgaras Kondrotas, 28, left Lithuania for the capital eight years ago and had recently told his family he was planning to marry his long-term girlfriend and start a family.
He was found dead at his home in Forest Gate on Tuesday afternoon.
Detectives believe he died from injuries sustained when he was beaten by a group of up to six men in Leyton High Road the previous evening.
Eli Norvilas, 24, a cousin who grew up with Mr Kondrotas in Klaipeda on the Baltic coast before moving to the USA, said his close-knit family were desperate for answers.
He told the Standard: “We just want to know what happened. Without that all we can do is fantasise and be driven crazy.”
He said: “Ergaras came to London because he wanted to make a better life for himself.
“He told family back home he wanted to start a family. From what I heard he wanted to marry his girlfriend and have kids. His life was stopped way too early.”
He said he had last seen Mr Kondrotas six years ago on his 18th birthday, when the family all flew back to eastern Europe.
He said: “It’s just sad, especially the past couple of years I didn’t stay in touch with him as much as I’d like to.
“We were living our own lives, through Facebook he looked happy in his photographs. I wish I’d not taken it for granted.”
Police believe Mr Kondrotas was assaulted at 11.30pm on Monday and travelled home by public transport back to a house in Forest Gate, around a mile away.
A post mortem gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma to the abdomen.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder and were today being questioned by police.
Detective Inspector John Marriott, who is leading the investigation into Edgaras' death, said: "I am appealing for any witnesses who may have seen a group of men who were involved in a disturbance in Leyton High Road, at about11.30pm on Monday, January 11.
"I believe that Edgaras was assaulted during this altercation and then travelled back to an address in Sebert Road, where he was found dead.
"If you saw the incident in Leyton High Road or have information about what sparked the altercation, or know who may have been part of that group of six men then please call the incident room."
**** any information is asked to contact the Incident Room on 020 83453985, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.****
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