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Grandmother passes away following a vicious attack and home invasion

Dorothy Dow, the Meriwether County woman who was severely beaten and burned in a home invasion earlier in August, has died, an official confirmed. She was 83.

Dow died Saturday afternoon at Grady Memorial Hospital, Meriwether County Deputy Coroner Leonard Wigley Jr. told Channel 2 Action News.

Dow was injured after several people demanded money from her when they entered her Grantville house, Meriwether County Sheriff Chuck Smith said earlier. Read the full story here ▶