Police: Woman beat victim, tried to stuff her in trash bag
They had briefly spoken on Frankford Avenue before the suspect, Angela Sky Monteiro, 28, began beating and kicking the victim, police said.
Philadelphia police have identified a woman they say beat another woman unconscious, then tried to stuff her into a trash bag in the city's Frankford neighborhood last week.
Angela Sky Monteiro, 28, is wanted for attempted murder, police said Thursday.
About 10 p.m. on May 31, Monteiro brutally punched and kicked a 29-year-old woman on the 4900 block of Frankford Avenue after the victim approached her on the block, briefly spoke to her and tried to hand her something, Northeast Detectives Lt. Dennis Rosenbaum said.
After a man approached the two and broke up the fight, the victim stumbled away, but returned to the block about half an hour later. Monteiro, who was still there, punched and kicked the victim again, this time knocking her unconscious, Rosenbaum said.
Monteiro then dumped out the contents of a trash bag that was on the street and tried to stuff the unconscious woman into the bag, Rosenbaum said.
Employees at Aria Health-Frankford Hospital, just across the street from where the beating occurred, saw what was happening and ran over, Rosenbaum said. The suspect then fled north on Frankford Avenue.
Some of the beating, he said, was caught on surveillance video.
The victim, who suffered head injuries, facial fractures and cuts, was taken to Aria Health-Frankford, but was then transferred to Aria Health-Torresdale Hospital's Trauma Center early the next morning.
Police have not yet been able to speak to her because she remains unconscious, in critical condition, and has been fighting for her life, Rosenbaum said.
Rosenbaum said Monteiro is transient and has been known to live in Massachusetts and California.
Two days after the beating — before police identified her as the suspect — Monteiro was arrested in Philadelphia on a narcotics-possession charge, but was released, Rosenbaum said. He said she gave police a false name when she was arrested and described herself as homeless.
"Obviously, she's dangerous," Rosenbaum said of the suspect. "Anyone sees her, call 911 and don't approach her."