5 Weeks Since Niles Assault

Five weeks ago a man was brutally beaten to death in the patio of Devout Coffee on Niles Blvd.  Fremont Police are now calling this a "death investigation".  Was it not murder?  And they have yet to even acknowledge the name of the vicim.  His name is Thad Steiner.  Here is a link to his GoFundMe page:
https://www.gofundme.com/thad-steiner-memorial

He lived in Niles according to friends and internet data.  He also was an educated man with a degree out of Chico.  Here is a link to what I believe is his LinkedIn page:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thad-steiner-6833aa80?trk=public_profile_samename_mini-profile_title

While FPD claims "We have a strong history of transparency with our community on major cases", this, apparently, is not one of them.  This investigation has been very opaque.  Perhaps the suspect/suspects in this case are attached to a number of other crimes and all the players need to be gathered up and eventually there will be a number of arrests and cases solved.  Seems like only something that big could justify the silence on this death.  Maybe we will find out before summer ends.