‘Lucky to know her': Friends mourn Noble Park woman after death from ‘suspicious' injuries
A Noble Park woman who died in hospital from serious injuries after being reported missing has been remembered by friends as a gentle, selfless woman who took care of the people around her.
July Neira, 64, was spotted by friends with an unknown man outside her home in Marna Court in Noble Park on June 7.
Her neighbour was unable to get in touch with her for a week, and reported her missing to police on June 14.
The 64-year-old Chilean-born woman was located in Dandenong Hospital on Monday with injuries consistent with being seriously assaulted, police said in a statement.
Officers were able to speak to Neira before she died in hospital on Friday.
A Victoria Police spokeswoman said while the circumstances of how she received the injuries were unknown, the Noble Park woman's death was being treated as suspicious.
'I'm absolutely shocked that someone could do something like that,' her friend Suzanne told Nine News.
'She's been beaten and attacked. She's only about five feet two inches [157cm], a tiny little thing.
'She was a beautiful soul who did not deserve to die like that.'
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