Amanda Fraser, a 23-year-old home health aide from Long Island, has been indicted on attempted murder charges following an incident involving her 84-year-old patient. The Nassau County District Attorney, Anne Donnelly, announced on Friday that Fraser allegedly stabbed her sleeping patient with a chef’s knife in her Massapequa home in the early hours of October 29.
According to the investigation and video evidence, Fraser, a Queens resident, entered the elderly woman’s home around 2:08 a.m. She then proceeded to her bedroom where she allegedly stabbed her with an eight-inch blade. The elderly woman woke up in pain and attempted to remove the knife from her body.
Fraser is accused of maintaining a grip on the knife and telling the patient to “Just let go” and “stop fighting it” while the blade was still inside her. At 2:24 a.m., Fraser reportedly removed the knife from the woman’s body and left the premises.
The police arrived at the scene hours later, around 8:30 a.m., for a welfare check. They found the elderly woman bleeding from her stab wound. She was immediately rushed to Nassau University Medical Center for treatment of a puncture wound to her lung.
Donnelly, in a statement, described the incident as a horrifying act of violence. She said that Fraser held the knife in the woman’s body for an agonizing 16 minutes, urging her to succumb. When the woman did not die, Fraser allegedly left her bleeding and alone in her bed.
The elderly woman remained in the hospital for treatment of an infection resulting from the stab wound until this week. The police also found Fraser’s Dodge Charger parked on the patient’s front lawn.
Fraser was arrested later on October 29 in Queens by Nassau County police. Before her arraignment, she was taken to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Her employer, Aides at Home, described the incident as isolated and confirmed their full cooperation with the ongoing investigation.
On Friday, Fraser was arraigned on indictment charges of second-degree attempted murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, and endangering the welfare of an incompetent or physically disabled person. She was ordered held without bail and is due back in court on December 9. If convicted, Fraser could face up to 25 years in prison.