Woman, 75, severely beaten in apartment

4/21/2005

A Toledo woman was beaten severely yesterday in her Flory Gardens apartment on Nebraska Avenue near Byrne Road, police said.

Rubie Peterson, 75, of 3425 Nebraska, Apt. 73, was in critical condition last night in Medical College of Ohio Hospitals.

At 2:14 p.m., residents and maintenance workers found Ms. Peterson unconscious in her apartment with what appeared to be a severe trauma to her head, police said. An air conditioning unit was found pushed in, leaving a hole in her apartment window, police said.