Daughter arrested, charged for nearly beating mother to death in Kensington home

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A woman was arrested Monday in Kensington after police say she beat her mother close to death.

Officers were doing a well-being check at a house on Emerald Street, two blocks off the Huntingdon El Stop, just after 7 p.m. Tuesday, and discovered multiple broken windows at the home.

Police say 36-year-old Rebecca Kokat answered the door when officers knocked. It was then that they saw her 67-year-old mother lying on the floor behind her with multiple bruises on her face and arms…

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