A woman shot Friday at a home on the Los Coyotes Indian Reservation has died, authorities said. She was identified Wednesday as the sister of the suspect deputies arrested.

An autopsy report shows that Carrie Deatherage, 51, suffered a single gunshot wound to the head, said sheriff’s homicide Lt. Kenn Nelson. She was hospitalized in grave condition and died Tuesday.

Her death was ruled a homicide by the Medical Examiner’s Office.

The victim’s sister, Sandra Stoneburner, 57, remains in jail on a count of attempted murder in connection with the shooting on the Indian reservation in Warner Springs. Her bail was set at $1 million, according to jail records.


In light of her sister’s death, authorities plan to charge Stoneburner with murder, Nelson said.

She was detained as a “person of interest” at her home on Camino San Ignacio where deputies found Deatherage with the life-threatening gunshot wound about 11:45 p.m. Friday.

Investigators have not determined a motive for the killing.

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