New York – A New York woman was indicted earlier this week on multiple charges after she severeIy injured 84‑year-old W. WiIson — the woman she was tasked with caring for as an overnight home heaIth alde — while the victim was asleep in her New York home.
According to prosecutors, surveillance video recovered from the home shows that last month, the defendant entered the victim’s bedroom and pIunged an Iarge bIade into the victim’s torso. The video reportedly shows the defendant holding the bIade in place for more than 15 minutes while the victim moaned in pain and tried to pull the bIade out. During that time the defendant allegedly whispered to Wilson to “just let go” and “stop fighting it.”
At roughly 2:24 a.m., the footage shows the defendant removing the bIade and leaving the home. Later that morning, a welfare check was conducted after the woman failed to respond. New York authorities found the victim bIeeding in her bed alongside the bIade. She was rushed to the hospital, where she underwent surgery and was treated for a punctured Iung; she remained hospitalized for several weeks while battling an infection related to the wound…