Victor Razumov Jr. , who stands accused of murder , gouged out both of his eyes in prison in December . A man accused of murdering an elderly widow in her home during a robbery has gouged out both of his eyes in separate incidents in prison , it has emerged . Victor Razumov Jr. 's horrific injuries were revealed as it emerged he will receive a competency hearing due to the two incidents in New Jersey State Prison in Trenton last December . 'He was transported to Trenton State Prison where he apparently , according to the guards , put his own eye out and was brought to Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia , ' his attorney Robert Baer told the New Jersey Herald . 'Then he was brought back to Trenton State Prison and the next thing you know , he was back in the hospital and they 're having to take his other eye out . Now he is completely blind . ' It is not clear how Razumov gouged out his eyes . Baer said he is still waiting for further information as to what exactly happened . He will now undergo a hearing to determine if he 's fit to stand trial , NJ.com reported . A status conference on the case is scheduled for May 30 , his attorney said . Razumov was 18 when he was charged with murder for allegedly stabbing Virginia 'Suzy ' Sommer , 73 , to death during a robbery at her Wantage home in November 2012 . Police tracked him down several days later after they found some of her stolen jewelry at local pawn shops . Locked up : Razumov , who had been transferred to a state psychiatric hospital after his November 2012 arrest , took out both of his eyes while behind bars at New Jersey State Prison , pictured . Among his multiple charges , he faces counts of stealing jewelry , selling stolen jewelry and tampering with a probation receipt by eating it , the New Jersey Herald reported . Razumov was a senior at High Point Regional High School at the time . His older brother , Alexey Razumov , was also charged in the crime after allegedly driving his younger brother to the pawn shops . He was charged with third-degree conspiring to deal in stolen property and third-degree conspiring to receive stolen property . After Victor Razumov was arrested , he was transferred to a state psychiatric hospital and placed under suicide watch , authorities said . It is not clear if he remained under suicide watch at the time of the eye-gouging incidents . Sommer , a retired nurse who lived about half a mile from Razumov , was found by a family friend who had been unable to reach her on the phone . She had been stabbed several times . Scene : Virginia Sommer , known to her friends as Suzy , was found stabbed to death inside this home where she lived alone after her husband passed away . Her jewelry was stolen and turned up in a pawn shop . Police said there were no signs of forced entry and that nothing was out of place , and only the jewelry appeared to be missing . She left behind her three children , seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren . Her late husband , Bob , had served as mayor of Lafayette . 'She was intelligent and she had a good sense of humor and she 'd tell it like it is , you know a hard worker , ' her friend Marie Flaumenbaum , 82 , told the Sparta Independent after the murder . 'She was a wonderful person . She did n't deserve this . '
Victor Razumov Jr. gouged out his eyes in two separate incidents in Trenton State Prison , New Jersey in December , his attorney has said . He will now undergo a competency hearing to see if he can stand trial . He is accused of stabbing Virginia Sommer to death inside her Wantage home in several days later and then selling her stolen jewelry . After his arrest November 2012 , he was transferred to a state psychiatric hospital and placed under suicide watch .