He just kept beating her until he finally thought she was dead’: Daughter of Crestline grandmother, 71, as suspect is caught

A man accused of beating a 71-year-old California grandmother with a metal baseball bat after she let him stay in her home has been arrested in Oklahoma, about two months after the attack.

Suspect tracked to Oklahoma and returned to California

Erik Eduardo Navarro, 26, was booked on charges including battery, assault, robbery and elder abuse in the attack on Therese Garcia, CBS Los Angeles reported.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department tracked him to Cleveland County, Oklahoma, and extradited him to California.

Navarro, of Orange County, had been on the run since late August, the department said…

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