On Thursday, April 14, 2005, at 10:34 p.m., a caller reported Winch had been beaten and was lying unconscious in front of 1917 Fairview Terrace, west of the Uptown area of Racine near the intersection of Washington Ave. and Valley Drive. Winch did not live in the area that he was attacked. Winch died six days later. Police consider robbery as a possible motive for the attack.