Victim of seizures since beating, death ruled an homicide

A woman left permanently injured from a beating 14 years ago died after falling down stairs during a seizure, prompting the Hennepin County Medical Examiner to rule her death a homicide.

Theresa M. Keavy, 52, died June 13 in Minneapolis after striking her head during a fall.

In a ruling today, the medical examiner stated Keavy had been suffering chronic seizures since she was assaulted in the parking lot of Pearson's Bar on East 26th Street in Minneapolis on February 26, 1992.

One of the seizures was directly related to her death, the medical examiner concluded.

No information was available this afternoon on the status of any Minneapolis police investigation.