'A hateful crime': Delafield man dies 1 month after being punched over his tattoos

 

HARTLAND, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A Delafield man has died, less than a month after he was punched at a bar in Hartland.

According to the criminal complaint, the man charged with hitting him was upset about his tattoos.

The victim's family told CBS 58, 39-year-old Josh Davies was on a date night with his wife on June 17, when a conversation with a man at a bar turned violent.

"This perpetrator ended up not liking my brother for how he looked. It's someone my brother didn't even know. Just a total stranger," said Jamie Davies, the victim's sister.

According to the criminal complaint, 64-year-old Kevin Sehmer, of Brookfield, criticized Davies' tattoos, and told him he was going to hell and God would not save him.

"He has nothing inappropriate whatsoever on his body. We all like ink," Jamie Davies said. "It's nothing that's offensive to anyone."

Police said Sehmer followed Davies outside, and hit him, and ran away.

"Josh got punched in the head, causing him to go unconscious," Davies said. "My brother never deserved this whatsoever. It was such a hateful, hateful thing for this man to do to my brother."

According to CCAP, Sehmer was charged with battery on June 19, and released on a $1,500 bond.

Davies died Wednesday, July 12, after 26 days in the ICU and three cranial surgeries.

"My brother, and our family, we all deserve justice over this," his sister said.

Davies' family is devastated, and they want Sehmer off the streets.

"I'm never going to see my brother or be able to talk to him again. So, if you ask me, he deserves absolutely everything coming to him," Jamie Davies said.

Hartland's police chief told CBS 58, the department is working with the district attorney's office and the medical examiner to continue the investigation.

Chief Torin Misko is expecting the DA to impose additional charges on Sehmer after Davies' death.