Elderly woman beaten, burned in her home dies

An elderly woman who was beaten and burned inside her Meriwether County home has died weeks after the attack, the county's coroner confirmed to Channel 2 Action News.

Dorothy Dow, 83, was lying in her bed when three men and a woman kicked in her back door and attacked her in early August, according to police

"These suspects began to demand money from Miss Dow. She pleaded with them that she didn't have any money. They began to brutally beat her,” Sheriff Chuck Smith said.

The family said Dow’s right and left arms were broken, and she had cuts and bruises all over her face.

The sheriff said the robbers then poured a flammable liquid on the victim and lit it.

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What a monster you have to be to hurt a defenseless elderly person? My heart is bleeding