Overview
- Nassau County police charged a 23-year-old Queens resident with attempted second-degree murder in the overnight attack at a Bay Drive home.
- The victim, identified by family as Wendy Wilson, 84, underwent surgery for a chest puncture wound and is expected to survive.
- Officials said the suspect’s arraignment will occur when medically practical, and she was hospitalized for a psychiatric evaluation, according to CBS News New York.
- Home security footage described by the victim’s son shows the overnight caregiver getting into the bed and stabbing her before leaving the house.
- A daytime aide discovered blood and a knife and called 911, nearby schools entered roughly 90 minutes of secure lockdown, and relatives say the suspect crashed a car in the driveway while fleeing.