NY -- Galina Smirnova charged with murder of nursing home roomate

[everlearning]

95-year-old woman charged with murder in death of elderly nursing home roommate

An elderly woman has been charged with murder for allegedly beating her nursing home roommate to death in Brooklyn, court records obtained by ABC News show.

abcnews.go.com

"The murder weapon appeared to be a blood-stained wheelchair foot pedal seen lying on the floor, the Brooklyn District Attorney's office said"

 

[airportwoman]

There's another thread about this. Can they be whooshed?

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Thread 'NY - 95yo woman beats 89yo roommate to death'

Sep 19, 2025

I know that people with dementia can become incredibly powerful. This is just horrible, especially because the victim was a Holocaust survivor, and then THIS is how she met her end? Another story said she used a "wheelchair part", which could be just about anything.

The suspect was also of Russian descent, and they were placed together because they shared a first language.

A 95-year-old woman is accused of beating her nursing home roommate, a Holocaust survivor, to death

Nina Kravtsov, 89, was remembered as a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine.

www.nbcnews.com

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[everlearning]

There's another thread about this. Can they be whooshed?

A

Thread 'NY - 95yo woman beats 89yo roommate to death'

Sep 19, 2025

I know that people with dementia can become incredibly powerful. This is just horrible, especially because the victim was a Holocaust survivor, and then THIS is how she met her end? Another story said she used a "wheelchair part", which could be just about anything.

The suspect was also of Russian descent, and they were placed together because they shared a first language.

A 95-year-old woman is accused of beating her nursing home roommate, a Holocaust survivor, to death

Nina Kravtsov, 89, was remembered as a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine.

www.nbcnews.com

• airportwoman
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I called myself checking for one thank you!

 

[meanmaryjean]

Was the accused Russian? It says both spoke Russian, but the victim is Ukrainian. One has to wonder about that dynamic.

RIP Nurse Kravtsov - Slava Ukraini!

 

[airportwoman]

Was the accused Russian? It says both spoke Russian, but the victim is Ukrainian. One has to wonder about that dynamic.

RIP Nurse Kravtsov - Slava Ukraini!

Most people in that part of the world speak more than one language, and Russian may indeed have been both of their first languages.