By Associated Press - Sunday, June 7, 2020

CORNING, N.Y. (AP) - An upstate New York woman has been charged with beating a 100-year-old man to death with a hammer.

Gerald Early was found unconscious in his home in Corning with severe head injuries around 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Corning police said. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Sayre, Pennsylvania.

Brenda McKay, 51, was charged with second-degree murder. A motive was not disclosed. It could not be determined if she has an attorney.

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McKay was sent to the Steuben County Jail to await arraignment on Sunday.

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This story has been corrected to show that McKay is not Early’s daughter, as was previously reported.

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