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An octogenarian woman died last night after being deliberately pushed off a Gold Line platform an onto the tracks earlier in the day, reports KTLA. Betty Sugiyama, 84, was pushed off the Little Tokyo Metro station platform Sunday morning. Shortly after Sugiyama fell, another woman, Jackkqueline Pogue, 44, was taken into custody. Pogue will be charged with murder, says the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, though right now a motive for the crime is not clear.
