Florida Woman Allegedly Fatally Attacked Mother After Being Left Out of Will

Gabriela Perero, 53, was charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery of a person over 65 years old after she allegedly attacked her 85 year old mother. Perero told the arresting deputies that she had gotten angry after learning that her mother was going to leave everything in her will to Perero’s siblings.

The irate woman allegedly began with ransacking the house, destroying paperwork and breaking picture frames. Then she yelled out, “You destroyed my life so I’m going to destroy you!” before she pushed her elderly mother down to the ground and “ripped her skin off” of her arms. After cleaning up her mother in the bathroom, Perero put her back into her bed and called 911.

Perero claimed that she was the person that had been caring for her mother and the discovery that she was being written out of the will sent her into a rage. She is being held without bail. It is unclear whether she has entered a plea or retained an attorney.

See Harriet Sokmensuer, Florida Woman Allegedly Fatally Attacked Mother After Being Left Out of Will: ‘I Beat Up My Mom’, Yahoo News, July 18, 2018.

Special thanks to Jim Hartnett, Jr. (Dallas, Texas Probate Attorney) for bringing this article to my attention.