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This undated photo released by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department on Friday, April 28, 2017, shows Neven Glen Butler. Authorities have arrested the 18-year-old man accused in the death of 86-year-old woman Fusako Petrus, who was sexually assaulted and beaten during a morning walk. (Sacramento County Sheriff's Department via AP)

Friends hail woman, 86, killed trying to stop attack as hero

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

Lloyd Miller talks about the death of his neighbor, Fusako Petrus, Friday, April 28, 2017, in North Highlands, Calif. Petrus, 86, was sexually assaulted and beaten to death during a morning walk around the track with a friend, Wednesday. Neven Glen Butler, 18, was arrested that afternoon on unrelated sexual assault and elder abuse charges and homicide detectives were able to tie him to the scene of the assault on Petrus. Butler is being held on suspicion of murder without bail, and will be arraigned in Sacramento County Superior Court, Monday.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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