The 25-year-old suspect was arrested on March 14, the day of the attack. The woman died from her injuries on Monday, March 30.
TACOMA, Wash. — A 63-year-old woman has died after she was attacked at a psychiatric hospital in Tacoma just two weeks earlier, according to the Tacoma Police Department.
Pierce County prosecutors charged 25-year-old Elias Santos Salcedo in connection with the March 14 attack at Wellfound Behavioral Health on South 19th Street, where he was also a patient.
Salcedo was initially charged with first-degree attempted murder after prosecutors said he beat the 63-year-old woman inside the psychiatric hospital, KING 5 previously reported.
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