52-year-old woman, injured in hammer attack, has died
A 52-year-old woman, who was critically injured last week in a beating that left her 17-year-old daughter dead, died Tuesday night at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore police confirmed.
William Jones, 32, was arrested and charged last week in connection with the attack, which police say came after Jones went into a drunken rage following an argument with his girlfriend. The girlfriend lived in an apartment in the 5500 block of Midwood Ave. above Deborah Beard, a double amputee who used a wheelchair, and Beard's daughter, Qurra Iqbal.
Police said Jones, described as weighing 400 pounds, began drinking heavily after the argument and went downstairs, where he got into an argument with Iqbal, whom police identified as his cousin. He is accused of beating her several times in the head with a hammer, then turning to Beard, who was yelling at him to stop.
Correction: Relatives say Beard was 52 years old, not 59, as police had said.
