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

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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Thousands of UGA students enjoy during the annual “Frat Beach” party for the weekend of the Georgia-Florida football game on St. Simons Island, Friday, November 1, 2024. On the weekend of the Georgia-Florida football game, St. Simons Island’s East Beach becomes “Frat Beach,” an open-air party teeming with thousands of highly inebriated college students. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)

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