A Baltimore woman is in the hospital with a fractured skull after she was beaten during a robbery.

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A Baltimore woman is in the hospital with a fractured skull after she was beaten during a robbery.With the exception of maybe some petty crime, residents in Upper Fells feel the area is safe, but that changed after a woman who was walking with her friend was attacked."It's kind of an unusual thing to happen in that particular area," victim's brother Robert Hayden said.Hayden has gone from brother to caretaker after his sister, Lauren Hayden, was viciously attacked in Upper Fells Point on Friday."She's always the one who said she never felt unsafe, threatened by anyone, so it's pretty unfathomable," Hayden said.Police said at around 1:30 a.m., Lauren Hayden and a friend were walking home from the bars in Fells Point. When they got to about the intersection of Washington and Bank streets, someone grabbed her around the waist and threw her to the ground."In the struggle, he took my sister down to the ground by the hair and slammed her face into a car bumper and then tried to drag her across the street," Hayden said.The attacker then ripped her purse away and ran.Hayden’s brother said the injuries were very serious, sending his sister to Shock Trauma for immediate surgery."The impact fractured her skull and her whole body is just raw, scraped from head to toe," Hayden said.As far as the investigation, police do have some leads to go on and may have surveillance footage from a nearby private camera.Police also said a key piece of evidence came from Hayden's friend, who was able to give a very detailed description."The second woman was a good witness. That's what we ask people to do. She got a description of the suspect, called police and was able to give officers more information when they got there," Baltimore police spokesman Jeremy Silbert said.Hayden's family said she is expected to make a full recovery and is able to gingerly walk as she regains strength. Her family and friends have also started a GoFundMe page to pay for her bills as she will be on disability.On Wednesday, police released surveillance video of a man wanted in connection with the attack.Anyone with information is asked to call police at 410-396-2422 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP.