4 charged with murder in attack on elderly Georgia woman Dorothy Dow

Mike Gallagher

Aug 30, 2016 - 07:55

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4 charged with murder in attack on elderly Georgia woman Dorothy Dow

Authorities say Dorothy Dow, 83, was brutally beaten and burned by unknown assailants inside her home on August 2, 2016. (SOURCE: Meriwether County authorities via WGCL)

GRANTVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Authorities have upgraded the charges of four suspects accused of beating and buing an 83-year-old woman at home during an attempted robbery to include murder after she died from her injuries

WTVM-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2bVgXcW ) Meriwhether County Sheriff Chuck Smith said charges in the case were upgraded after Dorothy Dow died Saturday at an Atlanta hospital, weeks after being attacked at her Grantville home Aug. 4.

left to right: Cortavious Heard, Shanquavios Cameron, Justin Grady, Mina Ellery and Angel Harmon – police photos

Authorities say Dow was doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire when five people demanded money from her and she told them she didn't have any.

Five suspects have been arrested. The sheriff says malice murder and felony murder charges have been added against four of them — Justin Pierce Grady, Cortavious Deshun Heard, Mina Christine Ellery and Angel Latrice Harmon.