"Philip Piuma, 47, left his home on Jan. 26 around 1:30 p.m. to pick up a prescription for his uncle at CVS. The next morning, he was found dead on a bench outside a Key Food supermarket a mile away. Mr. Piuma's stepfather, John Sandrowsky, said detectives told him that Mr. Piuma had fallen twice, possibly from the bench outside Key Food, broken his nose and injured his eye socket."
"At around 6 p.m. on Jan. 26, Mr. Piuma entered the store and lurched unsteadily in the aisles, said a manager, Luis Polanco, who assumed he was drunk. Mr. Piuma bought two jars of peanut butter, went outside and sat on the bench. At 9 p.m. when Mr. Polanco was closing up, Mr. Piuma was still there. I asked, Everything OK?' He said yes,' Mr. Polanco said. Security footage shows that sometime after 10 p.m., Mr. Piuma toppled over, sprawling across the bench."
"When Mr. Polanco arrived around 6 a.m. to open the store, Mr. Piuma did not stir when he greeted him. He called 911. Mr. Sandrowsky said detectives told him that someone had given his stepson tissues for his bleeding face at some point. You offered some help, that's great, he said. But if you're bleeding out there and it's that cold, I would question whether or not you're OK."
Philip Piuma, 47, left home on Jan. 26 around 1:30 p.m. to pick up a prescription at CVS and was found dead the next morning on a bench outside a Key Food about a mile away. Detectives told his stepfather that Mr. Piuma had fallen twice, possibly from the bench, breaking his nose and injuring his eye socket. Around 6 p.m. he entered the store appearing unsteady; a manager assumed he was drunk. He bought peanut butter and sat outside. Security footage shows him toppling after 10 p.m. and sprawling across the bench. The manager found him unresponsive around 6 a.m. and called 911. Someone had given him tissues for a bleeding face. Mr. Piuma worked two jobs and volunteered at a nearby church.
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