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North Texas brothers accused in fatal beating of 83-year-old woman

An elderly woman severely beaten by three brothers as she made her way to visit a friend in a Dallas suburb has died, police said on Monday.

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The Dallas Morning News is reporting that Thomas, Edward and Jesse Perkins, ages 18 to 20, were initially charged with aggravated assault.


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As they were about to pass each other, Jesse Perkins punched Hancock, knocking her to the ground, police said. Thomas Perkins is being held on preliminary charges of interference with public duties, hindering apprehension and tampering with physical evidence.


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“She did not know [the Perkins brothers]”, Sandra Hancock said of her mother.

Three men were looking for an acquaintance at a home in Irving when the 83-year-old neighbor showed up to visit someone on Friday, police say. The woman taken to Parkland Hospital suffering from traumatic brain injury and placed on life support.

The brothers were in the Irving Jail Monday on $100,000 bond each.

Investigators concluded the woman was attacked while walking home from visiting someone.

Roland Jeter, an attorney for Edward Perkins, offered an apology Monday after charges were dropped against his client. He was also convicted of a misdemeanor assault in 2014.

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In October, he pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to four years of probation after attacking a man with a broken beer bottle.

3 Brothers Charged in Violent Beating of 83-Year-Old Woman