There was a very similar story earlier this summer (?) of a 95 year old WWII vet beaten to death in New York that got decent coverage (at least in the Post and Daily News). Not sure what came of it though, whatever the sentence it will never ease the horror of the initial act.
Spokane Police release surveillance photos of persons of interest in the homicide of an 88 year old man, occurring in N. Spokane last night.
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[Updates at KHQ - NBC Spokane]
http://www.khq.com/story/23225525/88-year-old-man-assaulted-at-eagles-ice-arena-has-died
"I hope they find who did it," remorseless killer thief Wilfred Matthews announced, bizarrely, given that he'd been caught after the fatal, Upper West Side robbery with victim Peter Lisi's MetroCard in his pocket and the victim's blood on his jacket.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/life_without_parole_wwii_man_who_qCDA6XTq8gUHNI30cMsGfN