An autopsy report released yesterday by the state medical examiner's office said a West Baltimore man who died last month was a homicide victim, police said.

Police said William Franklin Davis, 42, of the 400 block of Oxford Court in the McCulloh Homes public housing complex was found April 18 on his apartment floor, bleeding from head injuries.

They said the man was in critical condition at a local hospital until he died Dec. 9. report did not say which hospital

Police said the medical examiner's office ruled that Davis died from blunt force trauma injuries suffered in a beating.

Pub Date: 1/26/99