Overview

• Galina Smirnova, 95, was arraigned on second-degree murder and weapon-possession charges in the death of her 89-year-old roommate, Nina Kravtsov, at Seagate Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Coney Island.
• Kravtsov was found unresponsive in her bed with severe head and facial injuries and later died of blunt force trauma, according to the medical examiner.
• Staff reported finding Smirnova in a bathroom washing blood from her hands, and investigators recovered a blood-stained wheelchair foot pedal inside the room.
• Smirnova was remanded without bail and is being held in New York City custody, with ABC News reporting her placement at Rikers.
• Kravtsov’s family identifies her as a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine and says they plan civil action targeting the facility’s supervision and resident pairing, while some reports note prosecutors sought a mental-health evaluation that a judge declined to order.