The body of 87-year-old Loyola MacGryff was discovered by a family member yesterday morning lying on the living room floor of her house on Trumbull. Police said she had been beaten to death.
The house had been broken into and the suspected motive was robbery.
Mrs. MacGryff, a lifelong Detroit Tigers fan, was to throw out the ceremonial first ball to open the baseball season at Tiger Stadium yesterday. Tigers owner Tom Monaghan performed the ceremony when she failed to appear.
A feature story about Mrs. MacGryff’s nearly nine decades of dedication to the Tigers appeared in last Sunday’s Detroit magazine.
Police said they have no suspects in the slaying.