Elderly Peninsula Woman Beaten In Home Invasion Robbery

DALY CITY, CA — A Peninsula woman was beaten, choked, and robbed of her life savings in a home invasion in which one of the assailants was disguised as a PG&E worker.

The 70-year-old victim is diabetic and is facing medical bills she can no longer afford, according to her granddaughter Skylar, who asked that her last name not be published.

Daly City police are investigating the robbery, NBC Bay Area reports.

One of the suspects is seen on surveillance video approaching the victim’s home wearing a construction vest and a hard hat.

“He was pretending to be someone from PG&E, to try and trick my grandmother into letting him to the house,” Skylar, the victim’s granddaughter, told the television station.

The victim is a Chinese immigrant who worked three full time jobs to support her four children, Skylar wrote in a GoFundMe in support of the victim.

“My grandma is the strongest, most resilient, hardworking person I have ever met,” Skylar said on the GoFundMe.

“She has never asked for help from anyone and probably never will, but right now she really needs it.

As of early Monday afternoon, the GoFundMe had raised more than $31,000 toward its $100,000 goal.

“She immigrated from China with no money of her own and worked three full time jobs to support her four children,” Skylar said.

“The jobs she worked were for unskilled laborers, sewing zippers and collars, and paid next to nothing. Over the last 40+ years she has saved her money for her healthcare and retirement. However, this morning she was assaulted and robbed of everything of value in her home, including her life savings and jewelry.”

Skylar said she believes the attack was premeditated.

“The three men coordinated the robbery so that my grandma was alone in the house.”

Skylar said her grandmother ignored the man posing as a PG&E worker, but while he attracted her attention, two other men broke into the back of her home after hopping a fence to enter the backyard.

“They overpowered her, dragging her back inside the house when she tried to run for help, and proceeded to ransack the house,” Skylar said.

The robbers choked the woman when she cried for help, Skylar said. The attack left the woman with a busted lip.

“Today I saw my grandma traumatized, shaking like a leaf, spirit broken,” Skylar said.

“The cruelty of people is beyond me. The fact that someone would choose to target the elderly burns me up from the inside out.”

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