Elderly Woman Stabbed During Home Invasion

Yesterday, an 86-year-old woman was stabbed repeatedly in the neck and back when a man broke into her home in Springfield Gardens around 6:30 a.m. Police say the robber broke in through a window and put a pillow over Vivian Squires' head as he slashed her. He stole cash, jewelry and her Chrysler sedan. Squires, who has lived in her home for 50 years, is in stable condition at Mary Immaculate Hospital. A neighbor told NY1, "Why would someone try to hurt her? Just take whatever they want and leave. Don't hurt her," while another said, "I don't understand why anybody would assault, let alone a 86-year-old woman, but anyone for that matter, but in this instance someone who obviously cannot fight back. And whoever did it had knowledge of her being here." The Post reports her nephew was home at the time, but slept through the attack; he is considered a "person of interest."