Nina Kravtsov, 89 year old Brooklyn nursing home resident beaten to death by 95 year old dementia patient, Galina Smirnova with wheelchair piece after argument as she now faces murder charges.
A Coney Island nursing home resident allegedly beaten to death by a 95-year-old dementia patient was identified by the victim’s daughter as a Holocaust survivor.
Nina Kravtsov, 89, was mortally injured when the 95 year old fellow resident of Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Galina Smirnova repeatedly struck her with a metal wheelchair piece just after 10 p.m. Sunday.
89 year old Brooklyn nursing home resident beaten to death by 95 year old dementia patient
Kravstov who was found lying in bed with a bleeding head wound – was rushed to NYU Brooklyn Hospital, where she passed away hours later.
The tragedy comes after the two women getting into an argument NBCNY reported.
Authorities initially deliberated whether to press charges against the cognitively impaired 95 year old, with the nypost reporting late Tuesday that prosecutors had decided to charge the 95 year old with murder and criminal possession of weapons charges.
‘Right now I’m grieving….the circumstances of how [my mother] died,’ Kravtsov’s daughter, Lucy Flom told the nypost in an earlier report.
Flom remembered her mother as a Holocaust survivor who sacrificed for the good of her loved ones.
‘She was 5-years old when she was in the ghetto. She had a big family. She lost most of her family.’
Kravtsov launched a nursing career in Ukraine, where ‘everybody loved her,’ and she was also a teen mom, her daughter said according to the nypost.
‘She sacrificed a lot,’ Flom said. ‘She was a single mom. She had me when she was 18.
‘She came here to give me a good education,’ she added. ‘She was a very dedicated mother.’
Holocaust survivor rebuild a life in Brighton Beach before moving to Coney Island nursing home after husband passing away
Flom said her mother later remarried as the daughter gained a stepbrother and stepsister.
Kravtsov according to the daughter, also had many friends in Brighton Beach – where she lived for years – some of whom have since passed away.
‘They all loved her,’ Flom said. ‘I loved her, too.’
Kravtsov moved to the nursing home about 5 years ago after the death of her husband, her former neighbors in Brighton Beach.
Following the deadly attack, the elder senior was taken to Coney Island Hospital for both a physical and psychiatric evaluation, sources said.
It was after conferring with the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, prosecutors ultimately decided to press charges against the 95 year old woman.
It remained unclear if Smirnova was cognizant of the charges against her.
