LANSDALE BOROUGH- On Thursday, October 20, 2005, at 1:49 pm, Lansdale Police responded to Memorial Park in Lansdale, for a report of a lifeless body found in the visitor dugout of the baseball field.  Upon arrival, police found a white male who had suffered a massive head injury.  The white male was later identified as Michael Ewer, age 49.  Ewer was found inside a sleeping bag on the dugout floor.  It appeared to police from the position of his body that he was sleeping at the time he was attacked. 

On Friday, October 21, 2005, Dr. Ian Hood, a Forensic Pathologist, conducted an autopsy of the body of Michael Ewer.  Dr. Hood determined that the cause of death was blunt trauma to head and that the manner of death was homicide.

The Lansdale Borough Police Department and the Montgomery County Detective Bureau commenced a joint homicide investigation.

Police are still seeking leads in the Michael Ewer Homicide. There is a $5,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction.  Anyone with information is asked to call Lansdale Police Detectives 215-368-1801 or Montgomery County Detective Bureau 610-278-3368. 

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