PEORIA, Ill. — An elderly Peoria woman died Tuesday afternoon after suspected elder abuse.
Police responded around 2:30 A.M. to the 500 block of NE Monroe after a female was reportedly breathing but unconscious.
75-year-old Sandra J. Jackson was taken to OSF where she was given aggressive treatment and care, but ultimately succumbed at 2:43 P.M. to her condition.
The Peoria County Coroner’s Office said her injuries caused intracranial hemorrhages consistent with inflicted blunt force trauma.
Authorities were contacted at 6:19 A.M. by the hospital regarding possible elder abuse.
Officers opened up an investigation and spoke to Jackson’s roommate, 41-year-old Dmitri G. Rogatchev, who was arrested for aggravated domestic battery and taken to Peoria County Jail.
After Jackson was pronounced dead, Rogatchev was taken back to the Peoria Police Department, interviewed, and then arrested for first degree murder.
