WACO, Texas – The March death of a 70-year-old woman assaulted at a Waco long-term care facility is now being treated as a homicide.
The assault of Tina Foster occurred when she entered another patient’s room on March 16 at the facility in the 2500 block of Maple Avenue, Waco police said in a news release Thursday.
Foster was taken to the hospital and died on March 25, police said.
“The preliminary autopsy results indicated that the cause of death was due to blunt force trauma and the manner of death, a homicide,” police said. “The case will be transferred to the District Attorney’s office for further review with the potential to be presented to a Grand Jury.”
The investigation continues into the “mental capacity of the suspect,” police said.
25 News will provide additional details when they become available.
