An Okaloosa County man who originally faced a charge of aggravated battery in connection with a fight is now charged with an open count of murder.

27-year old Randy Scott Riesel was out of jail on bond after the first arrest; however he is back in custody.

The victim, Charles David May, never regained consciousness after the fight two weeks ago at Riesel’s Niceville home.

Police say Riesel’s girlfriend allowed May to sleep at her home, when he went into her child's bedroom and refused to leave and got into a fight.

The woman says Riesel struck may to the point of unconsciousness.

May was hospitalized and put on life support.

The family decided to terminate life support and May died Saturday, September 27th.

An autopsy determined the cause of death as blunt force trauma and determined the manner of death as a homicide