Los Angeles Woman Beaten to Death by Homeless Man with Sledgehammer on Christmas Eve
A woman was brutally beaten to death with a sledgehammer while walking her dog at a Los Angeles college campus on the morning of Christmas Eve.
The murder took place around 7 a.m. at the El Camino College campus near Torrance.
The victim has been identified only as an Asian woman in her 60s.
Local station KTLA reports, “As the victim was collecting recyclables, she was suddenly attacked by a man with a sledgehammer. He fled the scene before authorities arrived.”
When police arrived, they found the woman unconscious and bleeding from her head.
Her dog remained by her side until she was transported to a nearby hospital, where she passed away.
