A 77-year-old woman who was beaten and robbed during a home invasion in All Saints earlier this month has died, turning the case into a homicide investigation.

Police said Mariete Andersone, a Latvian national who had been living in All Saints for about two weeks, died shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, following complications from injuries sustained during the attack.

According to reports, Andersone called family members in the early hours of Monday, Jan. 12, saying she had been awakened by two young men inside her bedroom. She reported that the intruders were armed and beat her about the head with a firearm while stealing gold jewelry valued at approximately US$100,000.

Family members rushed to the house and found her lying in bed, bleeding, disoriented and visibly injured. They attempted to contact police several times but received no immediate response, relatives said. As daylight broke, they encountered officers nearby who said they were responding to a separate shooting in the same village.

By about 6:30 a.m., Andersone’s condition had deteriorated. She was unresponsive and breathing abnormally when emergency medical personnel arrived. She was transported to hospital, where doctors determined she had suffered severe head trauma, including traumatic brain injury and internal bleeding.

She underwent emergency surgery and was later admitted to the Intensive Care Unit in critical condition. Despite intensive medical treatment, she never recovered and died six days later.

Police have not yet issued a detailed public statement on the case.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact the police as investigations continue.