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A West Virginia woman awoke from a years-long coma after being brutally attacked and identified her brother as the assailant, authorities said.
Wanda Palmer had been in a long-term care facility in New Martinsville, West Virginia, after being beaten in her home in June of 2020 and "left for dead," according to a Jackson County Sheriff Department statement.
Daniel Palmer, Wanda Palmer’s brother, was arrested and booked on suspicion of attempted murder and malicious wounding of his sister near Cottageville, the sheriff said.
When Palmer was discovered, Jackson County Sheriff Ross Mellinger said she was so savagely attacked, authorities thought she was dead, according to West Virginia Metro News.