Du Quoin Assault Case in Hands of State's Attorney

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[The Perry County Sheriff's Department has concluded its investigation into an April 2 fight between two employees of a Du Quoin paint powder coating company and has turned those findings over to the state's attorney's office.

A charge or charges are expected to be filed, but are not expected to be detailed until late this week or early next week.

Jorge Perez became involved in a shop argument with an employee identified as Shannon Wallace in what Perez family members are calling an unprovoked attack resulting from bad blood between the two men.

The Wallace family discounts that claim, saying it was no more nor less than the start of a bad day that deteriorated beyond anyone's imagination.

Perez remains in guarded condition in a St. Louis hospital with skull and chest injuries and a lacerated liver.