"The January 2019 beating 88-yearold Yik Oi Huang, popularly known as Popo Huang around her Visitacion Valley neighborhood, seemed a particularly brutal example of elder abuse. Huang was badly bludgeoned after the early morning attack at Visitacion Valley Playground, where she was found bloodied in a sandbox with head injuries, a broken spine, broken hand, and broken ribs. Her shirt had been pulled up and her pants pulled down below beneath her waist, her shoes stolen, and her house keys stolen too."
"The suspect, now-25-year-old Keonte Gathron of San Francisco (who was 18 at the time of the attack), was accused of being on a 13-day crime bender. Those accusations include the gunpoint robbery of teens' cellphones, a couple carjackings, and multiple other robberies. According to the SF DA's office, Gathron targeted victims who spoke little or no English. Each victim was selected because they were alone, distracted and small."
Keonte Gathron, now 25, was found guilty on 16 counts including first-degree murder for the January 2019 beating of 88-year-old Yik Oi Huang. Huang was severely bludgeoned during an early morning attack at Visitacion Valley Playground, sustaining head injuries, a broken spine, hand and ribs, and was later found bloodied in a sandbox. Her clothing was displaced, shoes and house keys were stolen, and the assailant subsequently burglarized her home. Huang spent nearly a year recovering in Laguna Honda Hospital before dying from her injuries. Prosecutors said Gathron committed a 13-day crime spree targeting vulnerable, non-English-speaking victims, including robberies and carjackings.
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