Florida woman accused in fatal beating of 85-year-old mom who didn’t include her in will

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Saying she was angry about being left without an inheritance, a Fort Lauderdale woman fatally beat her 85-year-old mother

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Gabriela Perero, 53, is facing charges of premeditated murder and aggravated battery on a person 65 years of age or older

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Police say Perero became enraged with her mother on July 12 after she found out her siblings would be receiving an inheritance from their mother, but not her.

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"You destroyed my life, so I’m going to destroy you," Perero said to her mother, Luisa Perero

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Perero told police that she had been temporarily living with her mother in Fort Lauderdale when the incident occurred.

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While describing the incident to a detective, Perero said she pushed her mother to the floor, grabbed her by the arms, "ripped her skin off" and grabbed the mother’s neck with both of her hands

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After the beating, Perero took her mother to a bathroom and washed the blood off her, put her in bed and called 911, police said. The mother would be taken to a hospital where she was declared dead. She, however, would regain a pulse again, but would eventually die from her injuries the next day.

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