Grandmother Beats 8-Year-Old Granddaughter to Death
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Murder
A North Carolina grandmother has been charged with beating her 8-year-old granddaughter to death. Patricia Ann Ricks, 72, was arrested and charged with first degree murder and child abuse with severe injury after the badly injured 8-year-old was brought to the emergency room at Nash UNC Healthcare in Rocky Mount. Hospital personnel notified law enforcement …