A 72-year-old Manchester woman has been arrested and charged with striking her 73-year-old neighbor in the head with a hammer, ultimately killing her, early the morning of April 23.
Dalas Elder was arrested and charged with assault that day after police located her using surveillance footage from the pair's apartment building and found a hammer inside Elder's unit, police said Thursday.
Andrea Mazzoli was taken to Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center with serious injuries at the time and she ultimately died of her injuries on Tuesday.
Medical examiners have since ruled Mazzoli's death a homicide and additional charges against Elder are now pending, Lt.