Queens, NY – Slain Dentis’s Daughter Calls Her Uncle ‘Daddy’

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    Queens, NY – Eight months ago, Michelle Malakov watched in horror as her father was gunned down near a Queens playground.
    Today, the 5-year-old ponytailed girl calls her uncle Gavril “Daddy.”

    Michelle’s world was blown apart on Oct. 28, 2007, when her father, dentist Daniel Malakov, was killed – and her mother Mazoltuv Borukhova arrested in connection with the slaying. The girl was sent to live with strangers in foster care while the courts sorted out the wreckage of her family. Three months ago, Michelle found a new home that her father’s relatives say is happy and safe. She is living in Forest Hills with her uncle Gavril and his wife – just a few doors down from her grandmother.

    Borukhova is accused of paying a relative to kill her estranged husband. “We don’t talk about it,” grandmother Malakov said of the murder. “She goes to the therapist weekly for that. We don’t open our mouths about it. She enjoys being with us and we enjoy being with her.”

    Daniel Malakov, 34, was killed while delivering his then-4-year-old daughter to her mother for a supervised visit. Borukhova, 32, who had just lost a bitter custody battle over Michelle, insisted she never saw the shooter who fired two bullets into Daniel Malakov’s chest at point-blank range.
    Cops smelled a rat and in February, Borukhova was charged with hiring 50-year-old Mikhail Mallayev to kill her estranged husband.

    Borukhova, who is expected to go on trial this fall, has not seen her daughter since her indictment. A Family Court judge refused to let Michelle visit her, so they’ve only spoken by phone.
    Michelle’s law guardian, David Schnall, said he would not oppose Borukhova’s renewed request to see the little girl in jail. “She’s a happy kid,” Schnall said of Michelle. “She has emotional challenges ahead, clearly, [but] she’s a smart and strong kid.”


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    anon
    anon
    15 years ago

    Hashem shouls help her.