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Woman with heart condition dies after robbery, police say

Robbery Leads To Death Of Woman With Heart Condition
By Jared Leone, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Dec 8, 2017

A 23-year-old woman with a heart condition died after she was robbed, police said.

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Raven Lassiter was leaving a party around 9:30 p.m. Dec. 1 when a man with a knife approached her, according to WBRL.

The man took off with Lassiter’s purse, police said. Lassiter was taken to a hospital, where she later died.

Police are searching for the robber.

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