‘Lucky to know her': Friends mourn Noble Park woman after death from ‘suspicious' injuries
A Noble Park woman who died in hospital from serious injuries after being reported missing has been remembered by friends as a gentle, selfless woman who took care of the people around her.
July Neira, 64, was spotted by friends with an unknown man outside her home in Marna Court in Noble Park on June 7.
Her neighbour was unable to get in touch with her for a week, and reported her missing to police on June 14.
The 64-year-old Chilean-born woman was located in Dandenong Hospital on Monday with injuries consistent with being seriously assaulted, police said in a statement.
Officers were able to speak to Neira before she died in hospital on Friday.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said while the circumstances of how she received the injuries were unknown, the Noble Park woman's death was being treated as suspicious.
'I'm absolutely shocked that someone could do something like that,' her friend Suzanne told Nine News.
'She's been beaten and attacked. She's only about five feet two inches [157cm], a tiny little thing.
'She was a beautiful soul who did not deserve to die like that.'
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‘Lucky to know her': Friends mourn Noble Park woman after death from ‘suspicious' injuries
A Noble Park woman who died in hospital from serious injuries after being reported missing has been remembered by friends as a gentle, selfless woman who took care of the people around her. July Neira, 64, was spotted by friends with an unknown man outside her home in Marna Court in Noble Park on June 7. Her neighbour was unable to get in touch with her for a week, and reported her missing to police on June 14. The 64-year-old Chilean-born woman was located in Dandenong Hospital on Monday with injuries consistent with being seriously assaulted, police said in a statement. Officers were able to speak to Neira before she died in hospital on Friday. A Victoria Police spokeswoman said while the circumstances of how she received the injuries were unknown, the Noble Park woman's death was being treated as suspicious. 'I'm absolutely shocked that someone could do something like that,' her friend Suzanne told Nine News. 'She's been beaten and attacked. She's only about five feet two inches [157cm], a tiny little thing. 'She was a beautiful soul who did not deserve to die like that.'
The Age
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‘Lucky to know her': Friends mourn Noble Park woman after death from ‘suspicious' injuries
A Noble Park woman who died in hospital from serious injuries after being reported missing has been remembered by friends as a gentle, selfless woman who took care of the people around her. July Neira, 64, was spotted by friends with an unknown man outside her home in Marna Court in Noble Park on June 7. Her neighbour was unable to get in touch with her for a week, and reported her missing to police on June 14. The 64-year-old Chilean-born woman was located in Dandenong Hospital on Monday with injuries consistent with being seriously assaulted, police said in a statement. Officers were able to speak to Neira before she died in hospital on Friday. A Victoria Police spokeswoman said while the circumstances of how she received the injuries were unknown, the Noble Park woman's death was being treated as suspicious. 'I'm absolutely shocked that someone could do something like that,' her friend Suzanne told Nine News. 'She's been beaten and attacked. She's only about five feet two inches [157cm], a tiny little thing. 'She was a beautiful soul who did not deserve to die like that.'
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How a woman reported missing came to suffer injuries consistent with a serious assault before she died in hospital is the subject of a police probe, with her death being treated as 'suspicious'. A woman in her 60s was reported missing by her neighbour on June 14, just a week after the neighbour had seen her with an unknown man outside her Noble Park home in Melbourne's southeast. The neighbour hadn't been able to contact her since spotting her with the man on June 7. The woman was found at Dandenong Hospital on June 16, with a Victoria Police spokesperson revealing she had injuries that appeared consistent with being seriously assaulted. Police were able to speak with the woman before she died in hospital days later on June 20. Her death is being treated as suspicious: the homicide squad have been called in to investigate. 'The exact circumstances surrounding the incident which led to her being injured are still being determined,' a Victoria Police spokesperson said. 'However detectives from the Homicide Squad are investigating and her death is being treated as suspicious.' Police have spoken to a 62-year-old Endeavour Hills man, who was known to the woman, regarding the incident, but he was released pending further inquiries. The woman's next of kin have not yet been notified of her death.
