Family of man beaten to death at party pleading for answers

MUNHALL, Pa. — Months after a 23-year-old man was beaten to death at a party in Munhall, no arrests have been made.

Codi Joyce’s family members told Channel 11 News Friday that their frustrations are growing and they’re pleading for those responsible to come forward.%

%

"It's just a weight on your soul, on your being,” Stephen Wisniewski, Joyce’s uncle, said.

Last September, police found Joyce’s body inside a home on Shady Avenue in Munhall. It was initially considered a suspicious death, and the Allegheny County medical examiner ruled Joyce’s death a homicide.

Wisniewski said he learned the day after that his nephew had been beaten to death at a party.

"At that point, I just fell to the ground. In fact, I crawled around the bed to the window, and I just couldn't believe what I was hearing,” Wisniewski said.

Seven months have passed and so far no charges have been filed. Wisniewski said the family’s disbelief has been replaced by anger.

"We don't have firsthand knowledge of how these things go, but it's just very unbelievable and frustrating,” Wisniewski said.

A spokesman for the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office said Friday the case remains under review.

Joyce’s family said they won’t stop fighting for justice and want witnesses to come forward.

"If that was their brother, sister, cousin, whatever, they in a second would want to help with this situation and get those people off the street,” Wisniewski said.

Joyce’s family will gather in downtown Pittsburgh Sunday morning to draw attention to the case.

Anyone with information about Joyce’s death is asked to call the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office.

Cox Media Group