Granddaughter Beats Grandmother With Cane and Robs Her
In Murrieta, CA a 36 year-old-woman who broke into her elderly grandmother’s home and beat her with a cane is being sentenced this month. The granddaughter pleaded guilty in February to burglary and elder abuse of her 94-year-old grandmother.
She is currently free on bail and is set to go to trial for the charges as well as the allegation of attempted murder and inflicting great bodily injury of a person who is over 70 years old. Yet a plea deal was struck at the county district Attorney’s office and the judge is expected to dismiss the attempted murder count during today’s hearing. The woman went to her grandmother’s house and tricked her grandmother into believing that one of her friends from the neighborhood was knocking at the door and when the grandmother went to answer it the woman took her cane away from her and began hitting the grandmother repeatedly with it. Police reports stat the she was hit around 20 times in the head and body. The grandmother then fell down and pretended to be unconscious so her granddaughter would stop striking her. Police stated that she went into the house and stole documents that might be used to prosecute her in the financial elderly abuse charge. The granddaughter fled to Texas but was apprehended in Dallas a week after the incident.
It can be very difficult to overcome being physically assaulted by another family member. Thousands of elderly individuals are hurt everyday by the people closest to them, whether it be for financial gain or other reasons. If you or a loved one has been assaulted or has been financially taken advantage of, then contacting a professional is your next step in seeking justice against them. No one deserves to be abused by the people they are supposed to trust.
